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" It's the nature of man to give and receive - to be man and woman, all in one. "
Grace Jones
Woman
Give
Man
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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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" I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway. "
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" My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to sell. It was church couture, darling! Because my dad was a pastor, she could get away with more than other women. Her skirts were that bit tighter. "
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" The problem with the Dorises and the Nicki Minajes and Mileys is that they reach their goal very quickly. There is no long-term vision, and they forget that once you get into that whirlpool, then you have to fight the system that solidifies around you in order to keep being the outsider you claim you represent. "
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" I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway. "
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" For me, a diva is like the great opera singer, the great film star - out of reach, in their own world, with a real gift for invention: attention-demanding performance artists with a flamboyant, compelling sense of their own importance so special and inimitable it verges on the alien. "
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" It's important that the sexes understand each other. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled. "
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Me
Even
" Shock always sells. You know? But you could shock in good taste. "
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" I don't party now, and nobody really knows how to party with me anymore. So I stay in a lot. I really am a home person. "
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Now
" My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.' "
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Daughter
Husband
" Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. "
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Stay
Now
" 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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Me
Depths
" I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does. "
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Me
Excess
" I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman. "
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Relationship
Love
Never
" I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. "
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Growing Up
Hear
" My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate. "
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Time
" Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me. "
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Like
" Yelling between people in love is normal. "
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" One creates oneself. "
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Creates
" They used to call me Firefly when I was a little girl, and I always tried to figure out why I was being called a firefly. I was really black, black, black from the sun. After being in Jamaica for 13 years, my eyes were really beady and white, and my skin was really black. I must have really looked like a fly. My eyes looked like lights, like stars. "
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Girl
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" Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself. "
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" My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did. "
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