Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jonesis a Jamaican singer, songwriter, lyricist, supermodel, record producer, and actress. She was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica and raised by her grandparents. At 13 she moved with her siblings to their parents' home in Syracuse, New York. Jones started out as a model, initially in New York state, then in Paris, working for Yves St. Laurent, Claude Montana, and Kenzo Takada, and appearing on the covers of Elle, Vogue, and Stern working with Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth19 May 1948
CitySpanish Town, Jamaica
Whatever; bling always has something to hide.
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.
I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.
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.
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.
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.
I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should.
My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.
...it's ridiculous for a woman to say that she's not attracted to other women. That's completely false...
Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.
I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.
Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.
I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child.