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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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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Recording Artist
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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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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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Whatever bling always has something to hide.
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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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This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
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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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You can't expect your children to be perfect.
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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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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
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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.
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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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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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