Sun Ra Quotes

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• Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.
• I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself.
• 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…
• 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…
• The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.
• Space is not only high, it's low. It's a bottomless pit.
• If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life.
• Those who will not dance will have to be shot
• If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes
• I’m not a prophet. I’m a destiny-changer. It’s all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if you’ve got the…
• I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.
• In the world of tomorrow, the new man will 'think' the place he wants to go, then his mind will take him there.
• The earth moves in a certain rhythm, a certain sound, a certain note. When the music stops the earth will stop and everything upon it…
• I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.
• A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
• What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.
• I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician.
• I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people.
• All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.
• 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…

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