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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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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
Actor
Film Actor
Model
Recording Artist
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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 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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My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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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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Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
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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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I hate prescription drugs! They don't tell you everything that is in them.
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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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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 didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too the accent really messed me up for auditions.
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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’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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