I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told. Grace Jones More Quotes by Grace Jones More Quotes From Grace Jones In Jamaica we had the English way of schooling from the age of four, so when I got to America I was already a few years advanced because I started school at the age of three-and-a-half rather than six and my grades moved up accordingly. In America, they start you at school at six because the grades are different. I had to take a test and they didn't know what to do with me. It wasn't that I was any smarter; I had just started younger. All of a sudden I was jumped from eighth to tenth grade. They said I was very smart, but I was only smart in languages, really. Grace Jones smart america school 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. Grace Jones impatient shut-up people When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken. Grace Jones broken enough long I don't like people who hide things. Grace Jones people 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. Grace Jones muscles arms men Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. Grace Jones enough brave bravery I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day. Grace Jones interviews voice losing I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go. Grace Jones dollars tvs reality That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to the wine. Grace Jones argentina coffee wine I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than a singer. I thought it was too deep; people thought I was a man. I had a very strong Jamaican accent, too; the accent really messed me up for auditions. Grace Jones strong song men I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day. Grace Jones fur three different I'm not a rock star, I'm a soft person. Grace Jones rock-star rocks stars Music has its own depths, and I let it take me where it takes me, even if it means stripping all my clothes off. Grace Jones clothes depth mean 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. Grace Jones phases yesterday long 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. Grace Jones jamaica growing-up thinking I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up. Grace Jones jamaicans jamaican-music growing-up I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman. Grace Jones My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image. Grace Jones bishops made father 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. Grace Jones frustration taken lying 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. Grace Jones movie style light
