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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
Actor
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It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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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 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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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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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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You can't expect your children to be perfect.
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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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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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I don't like people who hide things.
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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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Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.
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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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I am an actress first, a singer second.
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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
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I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.
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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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