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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.
Grace Jones
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Grace Jones
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 19
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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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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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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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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