I believe in having certain releases, certain outlets. One has to indulge. If you don’t indulge, you don’t live -might as well be dead. I believe in indulging as a user and not as an abuser.
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.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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 never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
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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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You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
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I don’t know what I’m going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today.
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I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
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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’m not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn’t like what they were saying. Just lash out. ‘Bam – shut up! Hahahah!’ I was terrible.
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Rock n’ roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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