Aylyn Albornoz
Grace Jones is a Jamaican singer, songwriter, lyricist, supermodel, record producer, and actress. Although Jones didn’t always have the fabulous life, that she now enjoys. Her grandparents raised her in Spanish Town, Jamaica and at the age of 13, she moved with her siblings to their parents’ home in Syracuse, New York. And there is where Grace started her modeling career, followed by Paris working for Yves St. Laurent, among many others.
She is known for her strong and independent thoughts and statements. Here is a list of her 19 best quotes.
1. “One creates oneself.”
2. “I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it’s up to them to find that quality and let it live.”
3. “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.”
4. “I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent; I looked really old.”
5. “Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off.”
6. “When I was modeling, 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 modeling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.”
7. “When I started modeling, 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.”
8. “If people think I’m angry, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble. I sometimes like people to be afraid of me. But it’s not really anger; it’s discipline.”
9. “I’m too vain, one of my biggest sins, but it saved me; I can see what excess does.”
10. “Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.”
11. “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.”
12. “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.”
13. “Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.”
14. “I’ve turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It’s an absolute no-go.”
15. “To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it.”
16. “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.”
17. “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.”
18. “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.”
19. “I don’t think ‘pop’ should mean that you had no talent.”
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