I am an actress first, a singer second.
GRACE JONES
Related Topics
Oneself
I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
More Grace Jones Quotes
-
I am an actress first, a singer second.
GRACE JONES -
It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn’t be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
GRACE JONES -
-
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 -
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 -
This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you’re rocking
GRACE JONES -
I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.
GRACE JONES -
It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
GRACE JONES -
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’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
GRACE JONES -
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONES -
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 never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES -
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
GRACE JONES -
There will always be a replacement coming along very soon – a newer version, a crazier version, a louder version. So if you haven’t got a long-term plan, then you are merely a passing phase, the latest trend, yesterday’s event.
GRACE JONES -
I can look at a fur and tell if it’s good or not.
GRACE JONES