Grace Jones quotes
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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.”
-- Grace JonesSource : "Grace Jones: 'God I'm scary. I'm scaring myself'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2010.
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“This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking”
-- Grace JonesSource : Song: This Is Dub, 2011
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“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.”
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“Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.”
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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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“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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“I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should.”
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“Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'”
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“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.”
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“It doesn't surprise me that people can't see beyond my image. It's amazing, but I can understand it. That's what image is for. But it's never a problem for me. It's only a problem for them. I don't really care. I do what I want regardless.”
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“My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.”
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“I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but I follow it.”
-- Grace JonesSource : "We're Off to See the Wizard (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)" (song) (1939)
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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.”
-- Grace Jones#Philosophy Quotes #Good Luck Quotes #Self Confidence Quotes
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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've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.”
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“I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.”
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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'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.”
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“My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.”
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“Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.”
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“Whatever; bling always has something to hide.”
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“When I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality - so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.”
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“When I started modelling, I'd raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don't have to do much to have muscles. It's just genetic.”
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“My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.”
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“I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.”
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“I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman.”
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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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“I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.”
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“I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.”
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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 loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent.”
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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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“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 don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.”
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“I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.”
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“When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me.”
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“Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.”
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