Most performers take themselves too seriously. They forget there is a difference between the characters they play on the screen or stage and themselves, but the public doesn't forget there is a difference. They see how silly it is if you try to be the same person all the time.
Grace JonesI 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.
Grace JonesI was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.
Grace JonesThis is depression, it comes when your blocking. This is expression it comes when you're rocking
Grace JonesI think it's somewhere in my head, in my travel space, and it just comes out. It's a visual thing that happens unintentionally. People will tell me, "You do realize you just spoke with that accent, right?" And I'll go, "Oh, did I?" So it's not something I think about. As we talk, I have a visual about my speech and it just comes out like that. If that makes any sense!
Grace Jones