Grace Jones Quotes

My grandmother influenced me so deeply.

I think my grandmother was one of my biggest influences.

I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.

Most of the career choices I've made have been because of my family.

Carrying on the Blanchard name is a huge honor for me because my grandfather, my father and my step-father - they've all put a lot into their legacy and for me to carry that on, it's a lot of weight on my shoulders.

I don't leave things like recovery to chance! I have learned from the best, after all - my father and uncle!

My father, who is now in Heaven, was a supporter of La U, and I think the truth is that a lot of my family would like me to end up there. My dad was the pillar of the family, and sometimes people do things for their family as well.

Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.

I have a strange situation as far as my name is concerned, because of course, what should my name really be? Is it my traditional Jewish name? Or this curious name my parents put together, partially to honor departed family members, and partially to keep me away from the absolute craziness of my grandparents' fame and the intrusiveness of their fans? So many people call me "MTT," and some do say, "Oh Maestro," and some are comfortable calling me Michael.

My dad was a musician, and that was his first love, and I think probably, to be really honest, it was my first love as well.

we all carry the Houses of our Youth inside, and our Parents, too, grown small enough to fit within our Hearts.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

I think when you grow up living next to your grandparents and cousins and you're 300 meters from the family offices and the setting of your after-school games is the fashion atelier, it can be hard to see yourself as an individual. It's quite understandable that a young person might feel the need to prove themselves as a single entity first.

Pro wrestling is what my dad did.

We do not marry for ourselves, whatever we say; we marry just as much or more for our posterity, for our family. The practice and benefit of marriage concerns our race very far beyond us.

My Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me.

How can you be any purer than pure if your name is Carter? How can you get away from being a Carter? There's a part of you that's gonna come through. How do you keep from doing it? It's what you're born to do.

I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

It's possible to overlook character flaws of in-laws for the simple reason that you feel neither responsible for them nor genetically implicated.

The best that we can hope for in this life is that we shall not have sons and grandsons of whom we need to be ashamed.

I get a lot of my inspiration from my family, but I never got to meet my dad's dad.

I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, 'cause he only stole the good stuff.