- Musician | May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993
Music is a language, you see, a universal language.
Sun Ra
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I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.
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Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.
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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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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.
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I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.
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I use music as a medium to talk to people.
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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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A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
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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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