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Elayne Jones
7 quotes
“I had to prove that music could be played by anyone who loves it. It’s been a terrible burden because I always felt I had to do better, that I wouldn’t be allowed the lapses other musicians have. It’s true even now.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It has been quite difficult … Not only playing but trying to live through all this, and living with myself too, which is kind of hard because you begin to question, well, am I really a good performer, am I a worthy person?”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was a principal player, the person who is the head of a section and always paid above the rest of the section, first ever for an African American. I was experienced and I was competent; conductors and audiences acknowledged that. … This situation was compounded by the fact … Having these … in leading positions was a little more than their egos could handle.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The only thing people of African origin were fit to do was wait … White people considered us strange creatures, second to the animals, and they feared us. No white person could ever imagine that we’d be sitting next to them in an orchestra.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Timpanists must tune the instrument, hear the notes they need either by having absolute pitch, or knowing the music well enough to use relative pitch for chordal structure […] while singing and tuning the note at the same time, I must keep the count of where I am […] I am kept extremely busy and for the most part I am all alone like swimming in a sea of sharks waiting to devour me.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All youngsters need an image to project to, Negro youngsters even more than white,” she said. “When they can see Negroes playing in the orchestra, they may feel that they can get there someday, too.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I listen to other people, and I have more confidence in myself.”
Elayne Jones (1928–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source