The Frog and the Princess Songtext
von Grace Jones

I was amazed when I first saw Grace Jones
She was the first to take radical fashion out of its predictable Parisian context
And bring it into the music scene, where I had always thought it belonged
The first night watching her in La Mouche, I had already decided to work with her
That night, she was singing her hit song "I Need a Man" to a room full of shrieking gay bobbysockses
The ambiguity of her act was that she herself looked like a man—a man, singing "I Need a Man" to a bunch of men
I could see how the average guy could get a little scared by her physical appearance
It was so powerful, I thought she was, I thought she was great


I photographed her in different positions
I cut her legs apart, lengthened them, turned her body to face the audience
Soon, I found myself living to the very fast rhythm of Grace Jones
We would go out dancing, all night, every night
I was completely neglecting my work
An intense, hysterical romance developed between Grace and I
But I ran out of money and realized I had to stop all this bullshit and go back to work

I had this idea of using Grace as the ideal vehicle for my work
She had inspired me
On tour, we used to improvise, thinking of an idea at breakfast and working it out directly on stage
I decided, deliberately, to mythologize Grace Jones
Black, shiny, muscular people, ahh, aerodynamic in design
′Twas to emphasize this belief that I painted Grace Jones blue, black

I am no longer sure what I fell in love with, Grace or my idea of what Grace should be
For the two years following the birth of our son, there was nothing else in my life
Grace let me take her over completely

(Slave!)

But then I discovered that what I was making was speeding too far beyond what was there
By the time our "One Man Show" reached the US, I knew I'd lost her