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I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Recording Artist
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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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
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I don't like people who hide things.
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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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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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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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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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 like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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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 like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.
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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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I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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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 hate prescription drugs! They don't tell you everything that is in them.
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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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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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My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'
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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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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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