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.
GRACE JONESI 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.
GRACE JONESIf 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 JONESSome songs come from my head, some from my throat, but there will always be moments when it is an injection of the soul.
GRACE JONESI thought I’d take style to its limit, My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.
GRACE JONESNow when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there’s always one brave enough to stay.
GRACE JONESEven if I sing like a robot, it is still an emotional robot.
GRACE JONESIt 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 JONESI 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 JONESMy father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
GRACE JONESI hate prescription drugs! They don’t tell you everything that is in them.
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 JONESI like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
GRACE JONESI don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.
GRACE JONESI just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.
GRACE JONESMy mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We’ve all been very athletic.
GRACE JONESI believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.
GRACE JONES