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It's important that the sexes understand each other.
It's the nature of man to give and receive - to be man and woman, all in one.
Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift.
More having to do whatever anybody said you had to do. I couldn't really do anything on my own. But as I got older and then came to America and then Grace became my name, it somehow freed me. All of a sudden, I can be this other person.
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.
Mum was a high-jumper and qualified to go to the Olympics, but it got into the newspapers that she was married to my father, and the church put pressure on her to pull out of the Olympic team, saying, 'You can't be exposing all your legs.' That's how strong the influence of the church was on us all.
Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
My brother used to get beaten up all the time because he was very effeminate.
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.
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
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.
Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.
One creates oneself.
People always like to make me seem taller than I am.
Religion has stayed with me even though I rebelled.
Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.
Shock always sells. You know? But you could shock in good taste.
Some people are both genders. I think you just come out the way you come out, and you have to embrace it honestly.
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