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" 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. "

Grace Jones

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Grace Jones

Being

" 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. "

" My mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic. "

" I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live. "

" 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. "

" I am an actress first, a singer second. "

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

" To be honest, my life is not really as way-out and myth-loaded as people like to portray it. "

" In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak. "

" I wanted to be a 'jungle mom', where you're giving birth and getting up and doing things straightaway. "

" I've changed. I'm not worried about what people think, because I think people think what they want to think anyway. "

" I see myself as no color. I can play the role of a man. I can paint my face white if I want to and play the role of white. I can play a green, I can be a purple. I think I have that kind of frame and that kind of attitude where I can play an animal. "

" Listen to my advice; I have some experience. In a way, it is me being a teacher, which is what I wanted to be. I still feel I could go into teaching. What is teaching but passing on your knowledge to those who are at the beginning? Some people are born with that gift. "

" You can't expect your children to be perfect. "

" 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. "

" I was born into a very religious family where everything was about setting the right example for the community and having to obey orders blindly. I felt that everyone was growing up in the world, except me. This is probably one of the reasons why I had such a rebellious attitude towards any form of authority. "

" I was a go-go dancer, too. I called myself 'Grace Mendoza' to fool my parents. "

" I like conflicts. I love competition. I like discovering things for myself. It's a childlike characteristic, actually. But that gives you a certain amount of power, and people are intimidated by that. "

" I have been so copied by those people who have made fortunes that people assume I am that rich. But I did things for the excitement, the dare, the fact that it was new, not for the money. And too many times I was the first, not the beneficiary. "

" 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. "

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" One creates oneself. "

Grace Jones

Oneself

Creates

" My father would have been made a bishop much earlier than he was had it not been for me and my image. "

" 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. "

" I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day. "