- Model | May 19, 1948 -
Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
Grace Jones
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I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
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I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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I don't like people who hide things.
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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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I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure.
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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 am an actress first, a singer second.
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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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If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.
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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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