Top 134 Quotes & Sayings by Grace Jones
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Jamaican model Grace Jones.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.
When 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.
When 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.
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.
Yelling between people in love is normal.
I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.
I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.
I was a go-go dancer, too. I called myself 'Grace Mendoza' to fool my parents.
Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.
I'm always rebelling. I don't think I'll ever stop.
Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say, 'Is your granny black?'
Mum was a high-jumper and qualified to go to the Olympics, but it got into the newspapers that she was married to my father, and the church put pressure on her to pull out of the Olympic team, saying, 'You can't be exposing all your legs.' That's how strong the influence of the church was on us all.
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
Use, don't abuse.
I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman.
I was born into a very religious family where everything was about setting the right example for the community and having to obey orders blindly. I felt that everyone was growing up in the world, except me. This is probably one of the reasons why I had such a rebellious attitude towards any form of authority.
Some people are both genders. I think you just come out the way you come out, and you have to embrace it honestly.
When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.
I always had to mask my emotions. I could never show that I missed my mom or my dad, especially when they moved to America. My grandparents were tough. I was not allowed to receive letters that had not been read before. Everything was controlled - everything!
We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.
I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have taken their frustrations out on me, and I don't like that because it can wound. Not necessarily me, but those around me. Journalists can be so bad.
My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'
Hiding, secrets, and not being able to be yourself is one of the worst things ever for a person. It gives you low self-esteem. You never get to reach that peak in your life. You should always be able to be yourself and be proud of yourself.
Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay.
Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal.
I'm a man-eating machine.
I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift.
I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.
I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.
People always like to make me seem taller than I am.
I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be like Madonna. I cannot be like them, except to the extent that they are already being like me.
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.
You don't do oysters and red wine together. That's a no-no; you just don't do that. I love a nice white wine with oysters.
I'm not as impatient as I used to be. I used to hit people if I didn't like what they were saying. Just lash out. 'Bam - shut up! Hahahah!' I was terrible.
Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.
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.
I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
One creates oneself.
I am not a diva: I am a Jones. 'Diva' is so overused. Diva, icons, the whole thing, legends... To be a diva, what is that?
I 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.
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.
Shock always sells. You know? But you could shock in good taste.
I loved all those classic figures from the '30s and '40s... Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Humphrey Bogart, Rita Hayworth. They had such glamour and style. I loved the movies of those times too - so much attention paid to details, lights, clothing, the way the studios would develop talent.
My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image.
Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
I'm too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.
I don't like people who hide things.
I 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.
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.
Gaga came to me, and I just could not find a soul. I come from church; maybe that has something to do with it. I like to get to the soul of a person. I just didn't feel a soul.
My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
This is what I would say to my pupil: 'You have become only your fame and left behind most of who you were. How are you going to deal with that? Will you lose that person forever? Have you become someone else without really knowing it? Do you always have to stay in character for people to like you? Do you know that you are in character?'.
I feel feminine when I feel feminine. I feel masculine when I feel masculine. I am a role switcher.
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