Grace Jones Quotes

I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

I went from a playing in a bar on a bar stool for free beer and tip money, where people weren't paying attention to me, to now I've got their attention. It's up to me to what I feed them with my music. It's up to me how I do that. I've put a lot of thought into how great the songs are, and how I want people to perceive me.

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.

I'm always kind of surprised how much I'm associated with country music.

I didn't realize that everyone was so attracted to my hair. I thought, well what about my music?

It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole art thing. They just wanted me to concentrate on the music. But they respect it now.

I'm one of those controversial celebs or whatever you want to call it, but I am actually a musician - people forget this.

People are buying my life when they're buying those records. I hate to sound bigheaded or something, but that's the reality of it. Suddenly, everything you've been doing means something.

You can call us what you want, but at the end of the day, we're entertainers.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

I remember once, we got an interview, and he said, 'Dad, these people are writing about me like I'm an adult. Don't they know I'm a kid?' I have never tried to encourage him to get a music image like other musicians have.

When you become a television personality, it's difficult to maintain your musical credibility.

I've never looked at myself as this pop candy type.

When people don't hear you on the radio they think 'maybe he retired.'

A lot of people don't know me as an artist.

Sometimes you have to re-invent yourself in this business in order to be accepted in different roles.

The focus should be on the music and not my sexuality.

I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star.

I don't think that I'm a pop star. On paper, I'm bad at being a pop star with the conventional idea people have.

Actors play different characters, so you have to build a new base around each new movie - with few exceptions, most actors don't have a fan base that just follows them around. With musicians, the fan base just goes everywhere they go.

I would explain myself as a singer, an artist... and most importantly I'm a part of Twice!

The women in Europe think I'm the Beatles, they throw me flowers.

It's all very well to say this or that on Twitter and Facebook, but ultimately, if you are a musician, it is going to carry more weight if you make your statements through your craft.

I remember at one stage, I was like, 'Oh no. I'm going to be remembered as the 'Do You Mind' Girl.'