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Grace Jones Biography

Grace Beverly Jones (born 19 May 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, and actress. Born in Jamaica, she moved when she was 13, along with her siblings, to live with her parents in Syracuse, New York. Jones began her modelling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for fashion houses such as Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, and appearing on the covers of Elle and Vogue. She worked with photographers such as Jean-Paul Goude, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Hans Feurer, and became known for her distinctive androgynous appearance and bold features.

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When I was modelling, 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 modelling, I took all the mirrors out of my house.

House, Mirrors, Reality, Reflection

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.

Men, People, Singer, Song, Strong, Voice

I don't think 'pop' should mean that you had no talent.

Mean, Thinking, Talent, Pop

I think I'm doing a service to black women by portraying myself as a sex machine. I mean, what's wrong with being a sex machine, darling? Sex is large, sex is life, sex is as large as life, so it appeals to anyone that's living, or rather it should.

Sex, Mean, Thinking, Service, Women

I thought I'd take style to its limit. . . My philosophy is a belief in magic, good luck , self-confidence, and pride.

Good Luck, Luck, Magic, Philosophy, Self Confidence

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.

Away, Music, Not Happy, Things In Life, Worst

It doesn't surprise me that people can't see beyond my image. It's amazing, but I can understand it. That's what image is for. But it's never a problem for me. It's only a problem for them. I don't really care. I do what I want regardless.

Amazing, Care, People, Regardless, Surprise, Want

If people think I'm angry, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble. I like sometimes for people to be afraid of me. But it's not really anger; it's discipline.

Thinking, Discipline, People, Bubble, Like

Crying is not a weakness. It's something that should be able to work for you. It should also be a strength. I think if you can cry when you feel like crying it's a strength. If you feel like crying and you can't cry, that's a weakness. That means you're holding all that stuff inside.

Holding, Mean, Strength, Think, Thinking, Weakness

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.

Argentina, Back, Coffee, Talk, Wine

I hate prescription drugs! They don't tell you everything that is in them.

Drug, Everything, Hate, Prescription, Prescriptions

I don't like people who hide things.

Hide, Like, People, Things

I've lived long enough to feel the sway of corporations both legal and illegal. Corporations give you drugs and they prescribe and prescribe them and they can be worse for you. Whereas you have illegal drugs and that is all about moderation. You have to know your body.

Body, Drug, Giving, Know, Long, Sway

When you become such a strong personality in music, it's hard for people to accept you as a different character.

Strong, Character, People, Personality, Become

I wear my furs all the time. I wear like three different ones in a day.

Different, Fur, Furs, Three, Time

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.

Channeling, Energy, Matter, Men, Use, Way

I only started getting into furs when the designers I liked started making them.

Designer, Designers, Fur, Furs, Liked, Making

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

Daughter, Husband, Mother, Used

Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.

Fathers, Finding, Growing Up, Mean, Mother, Sex

I came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.

Came, Growing Up, Jamaican, Jamaican Music, Jamaicans, Strict

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