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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

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
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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 was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don't tell you everything that is in them.
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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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I've lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.
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You can't expect your children to be perfect.
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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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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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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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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking
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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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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 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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When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.
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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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