Grace Jones Quotes

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Believe, Inspiration, African American

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Opposites, Rebel, Done

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Thinking, Stronger, Males

  "Grace Jones Gets In Touch With Her Masculinity" by ween.com, September 5, 2000.

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• Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one's guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised.

  Grace Jones

  Gun, Feet, Creating

  Source: thequietus.com

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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, Good Luck, Self Confidence

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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 Jones

  People, Perfect, Might

  "Grace Jones: 'God I'm scary. I'm scaring myself'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. April 16, 2010.

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• Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.

  Grace Jones

  Good Night, Sex, Gone

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• This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking

  Grace Jones

  Block, Expression

  Song: This Is Dub, 2011

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Believe, Decision, Complaining

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Men, Energy, Use

  "New Again: Grace Jones". Interview with Andy Warhol, André Leon Talley, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2014.

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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 Jones

  Yellow, Flow, Bricks

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• I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal. If you think in color, then everyone around you is going to think in color and that puts limits on the way you think. I don't think like that. A lot of the roles that I'm doing are roles that a man or a person of any color can do.

  Grace Jones

  Attitude, Thinking, Animal

  "New Again: Grace Jones". Interview with Andy Warhol, André Leon Talley, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2014.

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Sex, Mean, Thinking

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• You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.

  Grace Jones

  Girl, Boys, Men

  "New Again: Grace Jones". Interview with Andy Warhol, André Leon Talley, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 16, 2014.

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Thinking, Discipline, People

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Years, Two, Live For Today

  Source: thequietus.com

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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.'

  Grace Jones

  Voice, Survival, Stronger

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• Whatever; bling always has something to hide.

  Grace Jones

  Bling

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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.

  Grace Jones

  People, Care, Want

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• I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

  Grace Jones

  Born, Born Alone, Stage

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• Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.

  Grace Jones

  Mean, Clothes, Depth

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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.

  Grace Jones

  Things In Life, Not Happy, Worst

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• I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.

  Grace Jones

  Doe, Excess, Sin

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• I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.

  Grace Jones

  Interesting, Faces, Skinny

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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!

  Grace Jones

  Celebration, Sometimes, Get Up

  Source: thequietus.com

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