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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.

Grace Jones

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

Feminine Myself Opening Thinking Vulnerable
There’re lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I’ve got to make a record with my mother’s voice on it. She sings a lyric soprano. We do the opposite. I’m a baritone. She’s a star singer in her church. She always does her solo.
GRACE JONES

Mom Musician Myself Sing Voice
I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
GRACE JONES

Myself Soft
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
GRACE JONES

Earlier Father Image Myself
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

Compromise Creation Oneself Weapon
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONES

Day Interview Lose Myself Voice Work
I am an actress first, a singer second.
GRACE JONES

Actress Myself Singing
You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want. I have a lot of man in me.
GRACE JONES

Energy Man Philosophy Sexuality Yourself
Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
GRACE JONES

Emotional Myself Robot Sing
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

Channeling Man Way Woman Yourself
I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
GRACE JONES

Alone Born Collaborate Stage Yourself
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

Difference Forget Performance Person Serious Time Yourself
I didn’t think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions.
GRACE JONES

Audition Interpret People Thinking Voice
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
GRACE JONES

Athletics Brother Myself
I don’t like people who hide things.
GRACE JONES

Hide Lying People
You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
GRACE JONES

Children Perfection Yourself

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

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