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.
GRACE JONESTo be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
More Grace Jones Quotes
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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 can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
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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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
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I don’t like people who hide things.
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When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
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Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it’s just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I’ve found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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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 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 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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