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I am an actress first, a singer second.

Grace Jones

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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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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 came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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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’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.
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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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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
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Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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'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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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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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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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 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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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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I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.
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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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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 don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
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I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
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