I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONESWhen 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.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
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Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
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Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
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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.
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I’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
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I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face – or so I was told.
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It’s ridiculous for a woman to say that she’s not attracted to other women. That’s completely false.
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I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress up like my little brother. No makeup and I looked like a boy.
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My husband used to shout at my mother, ‘What is wrong with your daughter? I’m married to a man.’
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To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
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I never do what anyone else is doing. I could walk away from music and become a farmer or do some crochet. The worst thing in life for me is to do something I’m not happy doing.
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When I started modelling, I’d raise my arms and it was all muscle and all the other models had nothing. Really, everybody thought I was a man. I don’t have to do much to have muscles. It’s just genetic.
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Some songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
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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.
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