Quotes by Sun Ra

About Sun Ra:

Sun Ra was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," prolific musical output, and performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979.
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And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets.

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The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you call a redeemer, every man, woman and child on this planet will be eliminated.

Sun Ra

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

Sun Ra

I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.

Sun Ra

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.

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People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.

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Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.

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All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.

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I see people as they really are from a pure point of view.

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

First of all I express sincerity. There's also that sense of humor, by which people sometimes learn to laugh about themselves. I mean, the situation is so serious that the people could go crazy because of it. They need to smile and realize how ridicu...

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We hold this myth to be potential Not self-evident but equational Another Dimension Of another kind of Living Life

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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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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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A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!

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Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.

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Music is a language, you see, a universal language.

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I use music as a medium to talk to people.

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Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameSun Ra
  • DescriptionJazz composer, bandleader
  • BornMay 22, 1914
  • DiedMay 30, 1993
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBandleader; Composer; Conductor; Jazz Musician