A biography for Ron Cephas Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“I like to shop for old jazz albums.”
“I wanted to be a jazz musician.”
“Every actor wants that - to have a great character and then continue to add more into the depth of his life.”
“Every morning that I wake up and I'm breathing, I can feel it and take a moment to say, you know, 'Thank God I'm alive for another day.'”
“Beale Street is a very famous street in the history of America. You know, American music in particular. From the blues to jazz, it's a connecting city from New Orleans that goes all the way up to Buffalo through New York.”
“I have people that have died from cancer and friends that are dealing with cancer.”
“Adam Clayton Powell Jr. was a very savvy character. His drinking and carousing, his charisma and intelligence... the things he did in Congress. He passed for white, then became a black advocate.”
“'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.”