Grace Jones quotes

Grace Jones is a Jamaican singer, model, and actress, renowned for her bold style and androgynous image. Her unique artistry played a major role in shaping the music and fashion scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. She continues to inspire new generations with her fearless creativity and iconic stage presence. Here are 50 of her quotes:

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live. (Grace Jones)
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. View quote
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy. View quote
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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. View quote
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I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent. View quote
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I was (...) determined to look the way I wanted to look, and I wanted to cut my hair. I wanted to look different because I was used to looking different. Because of my religious background I'd always been encouraged to look different. View quote
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We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults. View quote
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Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining. View quote
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I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone. View quote
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told. View quote
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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)
Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident. View quote
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Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. View quote
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it. View quote
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I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day. View quote
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I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent. (Grace Jones)
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image. View quote
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I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have taken their frustrations out on me, and I don't like that because it can wound. Not necessarily me, but those around me. Journalists can be so bad. View quote
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I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes. View quote
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I am an actress first, a singer second. View quote
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Grace Jones

Grace Jones - Image
Photo: Bruce, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Jamaican Singer
Born: May 19, 1948
Quotes count: 50
Wikipedia: Grace Jones

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