Sun Ra Quotes About Jazz
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What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.
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I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people.
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Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift of the Airy Kingdom, music is air, a universal existence common to all the living.
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I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.
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Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you.
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The world thinks that music is a commercial commodity. I'm glad that is not my code.
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A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
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I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.
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I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself.
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The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music.
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I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me.
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