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
To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.
I have just as much woman in me as I have man. It's just a matter of channeling the energy into which way you use it.
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS.
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.
It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict: our hair couldn't be permed or straightened. So I just cut it all off.
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 don't like people who hide things.
I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.
I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.
I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person.
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.
I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.