I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONESThere will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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We’re not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
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There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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I always thought that feminine, softer side was just too vulnerable to put out there, because then it’s like you’re opening up a door for everybody to come in, and you don’t know who’s going to come in that door.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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That’s what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn’t forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It’s just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
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If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
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