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. Grace Jones More Quotes by Grace Jones More Quotes From Grace Jones 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. Grace Jones rebel done opposites I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live. Grace Jones african-american inspiration believe Whatever one is creating, one has to stick to one's guns and just do it. That is all. Put your foot down and do not let your work be compromised. Grace Jones creating gun feet 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. Grace Jones males stronger thinking We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. Grace Jones perfect might people I thought I'd take style to its limit... My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride. Grace Jones self-confidence good-luck philosophy This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking Grace Jones block expression Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone. Grace Jones good-night gone sex I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal. If you think in color, then everyone around you is going to think in color and that puts limits on the way you think. I don't think like that. A lot of the roles that I'm doing are roles that a man or a person of any color can do. Grace Jones animal attitude thinking 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. Grace Jones bricks flow yellow Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining. Grace Jones decision complaining believe 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. Grace Jones discipline people thinking I don't know what I'm going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for today. Grace Jones live-for-today two years I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should. Grace Jones mean sex thinking You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me. Grace Jones girl men boys I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I'm not happy doing. Grace Jones not-happy things-in-life worst I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone. Grace Jones born-alone born stage Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.' Grace Jones stronger survival voice 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. Grace Jones energy use men I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does. Grace Jones excess sin doe
