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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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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 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.
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I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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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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Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
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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 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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I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
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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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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'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.
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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.
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I hate prescription drugs! They don't tell you everything that is in them.
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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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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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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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!
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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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