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Sun Ra Quotes

Sun Ra quotes

Musician May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993

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Sun Ra quote: "If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life."
If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "We hold this myth to be potential. Not self-evident but..."
We hold this myth to be potential. Not self-evident but equational. Another Dimension. Of another kind of Living Life Sun Ra
It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind, putting him in jail and insane asylums, letting him lay out in the street. Sun Ra
But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to do what I want to do and need to do with American musicians, who are imprisoned behind these bars; music's got these bars and measures you know. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "I use music as a medium to talk to people."
I use music as a medium to talk to people. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures..."
Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something..."
Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "Music is a language, you see, a universal language."
Music is a language, you see, a universal language. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with..."
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "Not too many people in America know about me, but all of..."
Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "Those who will not dance will have to be shot"
Those who will not dance will have to be shot Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and..."
All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!"
A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger! Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be..."
What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth. Sun Ra
Sun Ra quote: "I see people as they really are from a pure point of view."
I see people as they really are from a pure point of view. Sun Ra

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