Grace Jones Quotations

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.