That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine. Grace Jones More Quotes by Grace Jones More Quotes From Grace Jones In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak. Grace Jones hard-work fun thinking 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. Grace Jones care want people I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old. Grace Jones black girl school 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. Grace Jones opening-up sides doors 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. Grace Jones outlets might believe Whatever; bling always has something to hide. Grace Jones bling Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West. Grace Jones growing-up mother sex 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. Grace Jones mirrors reflection reality Crying is not a weakness. It's something that should be able to work for you. It should also be a strength. I think if you can cry when you feel like crying it's a strength. If you feel like crying and you can't cry, that's a weakness. That means you're holding all that stuff inside. Grace Jones weakness mean thinking I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told. Grace Jones skinny faces interesting Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy. Grace Jones real people art 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. Grace Jones uncles cutting hair I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident. Grace Jones accidents singers It's ridiculous for a woman to say that she's not attracted to other women. That's completely false. Grace Jones ridiculous I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child. Grace Jones persons children thinking Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterwards. It is a ritual - it is a celebration - and it is the same kind of music that we call disco or rock'n'roll or a whole list of names that we can call it. Call it what you will, nothing will change the fact that certain kinds of music will make you want to celebrate or party. Grace Jones rocks party names 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! Grace Jones celebration get-up sometimes When I perform on stage I become those male bullies, those dominators from my childhood. That's probably why it's so scary, because they scared me. Grace Jones bully childhood scary Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality. Grace Jones illegal differences drug 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. Grace Jones play silly character
