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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

I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
GRACE JONES

Different Oneself Time
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
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

Beyond Image Myself People Problem Surprise Understand
I thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
GRACE JONES

Limitation Myself Pride Style Thinking
My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
GRACE JONES

Husband Marriage Myself Sexuality
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

Balance Father Finding Growth Man Understand Woman
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

Abuse Believe Death Indulge Myself Release
Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
GRACE JONES

Head Injection Moments Myself Soul Throat
I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.
GRACE JONES

Absolute Myself Reality
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

Acceptance Freak Fun Hard Work Thinking
I don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
GRACE JONES

Alone Born Collaborate Stage Yourself
I think I’m doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what’s wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that’s living, or rather it should.
GRACE JONES

Appeal Myself Service Thinking Wrong
When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
GRACE JONES

Break Enough Modeling Rule Start
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES

Brave Carriage Empty Enough Stay
If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.
GRACE JONES

Angry Burst Discipline People Thinking Trouble
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

Childhood Myself Performance Scare Stage Trauma

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.

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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.

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