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.
Grace JonesWhen you start in that [model] business the rules are imposed upon you, but when you stay in the business long enough the rules could be broken.
Grace JonesMy mother was a champion high-jumper. My three brothers are basketball players. We've all been very athletic.
Grace JonesI came from a very strict background, and didn't hear any Jamaican music when I was growing up.
Grace JonesIn Jamaica we had the English way of schooling from the age of four, so when I got to America I was already a few years advanced because I started school at the age of three-and-a-half rather than six and my grades moved up accordingly. In America, they start you at school at six because the grades are different. I had to take a test and they didn't know what to do with me. It wasn't that I was any smarter; I had just started younger. All of a sudden I was jumped from eighth to tenth grade. They said I was very smart, but I was only smart in languages, really.
Grace Jones