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 JONESDisco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
More Grace Jones Quotes
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I came from a very strict background, and didn’t hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
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I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
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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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You can’t expect your children to be perfect.
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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 was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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Disco was like the celebration of music through dance and my God! When you heard the music sometimes it was like, if you don’t get up and dance, you aren’t human!
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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 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.
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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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Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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Even if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
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I don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
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I love women, but I’ve never had a relationship with a woman.
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Forget health clinics and gyms. Sex is the best cure. One good night of sex and your problems are gone.
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