I don’t like people who hide things.
GRACE JONESI don’t like people who hide things.
GRACE JONESI go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I’m not like a normal woman, that’s for sure.
GRACE JONESI’m not a rock star, I’m a soft person.
GRACE JONESI 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 JONESThere 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 JONESI like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn’t have had a child.
GRACE JONESWhen I was modelling, I spent half my life staring at thousands of perfect reflections. It got to a stage where I was losing all sense of reality – so after I quit modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.
GRACE JONESI was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
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.
GRACE JONESYou can’t expect your children to be perfect.
GRACE JONESI 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.
GRACE JONESThere’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 JONESPrescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.
GRACE JONESWhatever; bling always has something to hide.
GRACE JONESI don’t take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt. I hate them.
GRACE JONESI don’t collaborate. You’re born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
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