Grace Jones

Human beings should stick together. Honestly, if I see a red-haired person with blue eyes now, I say, 'Is your granny black?'

— Grace Jones

My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was…

— Grace Jones

That's what they do in Argentina. Have a little wine and talk. Then have some coffee and talk. Then, go back to…

— Grace Jones

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do…

— Grace Jones

This is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking

— Grace Jones

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No…

— Grace Jones

I've had more misrepresentations than I can handle, and people have told the wickedest lies about me. A lot of them have…

— Grace Jones

There're lots of musicians in my family, too. My mother sings incredibly well. I've got to make a record with my mother's…

— Grace Jones

They used to call me Firefly when I was a little girl, and I always tried to figure out why I was…

— Grace Jones

“I can't run out of different ideas. I am different. When can I run out of me?”

— Grace Jones

I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to lead me, but…

— Grace Jones

I love women, but I've never had a relationship with a woman.

— Grace Jones

Rock n' roll can get quite overwhelming. You can get caught up in the cycle.

— Grace Jones

Be like Sasha Fierce. Be like Miley Cyrus. Be like Rihanna. Be like Lady Gaga. Be like Rita Ora and Sia. Be…

— Grace Jones

When you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough…

— Grace Jones

Some people are both genders. I think you just come out the way you come out, and you have to embrace it…

— Grace Jones

My mum was very glamorous, an incredible seamstress. She made up those Vogue, Givenchy and Yves St. Laurent patterns they used to…

— Grace Jones

I didn't think I had a voice at all, and I still think of myself as an interpreter of songs more than…

— Grace Jones

Disco existed before we were all born and will exist afterwards. It is a ritual - it is a celebration - and…

— Grace Jones

I don't know what I'm going to be doing in two years or even in two weeks. I have to live for…

— Grace Jones

I am not a diva: I am a Jones. 'Diva' is so overused. Diva, icons, the whole thing, legends... To be a…

— Grace Jones

I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I…

— Grace Jones

I'm a man-eating machine.

— Grace Jones

My husband used to shout at my mother, 'What is wrong with your daughter? I'm married to a man.'

— Grace Jones

Use, don't abuse.

— Grace Jones