Sun Ra quotes

Sun Ra was an American jazz composer, bandleader, and keyboardist known for his experimental style and cosmic philosophies. His pioneering work blended elements of free jazz, avant-garde, and electronics, inspiring generations of musicians. He remains an influential figure in both jazz and Afrofuturism. Here are 32 of his quotes:

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)
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos. View quote
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Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music. View quote
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Music is not material. Music is Spiritual. View quote
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I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself. View quote
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Somewhere in the other side of nowhere is a place in space beyond time where the Gods of mythology dwell. ... These gods dwell in their mythocracies as opposed to your theocracies, democracies, and monocracies. They dwell in a magic world. These Gods can even offer you immortality. View quote
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Proper evaluations of words and letters in their phonetic and associated sense can bring the people of earth to the clear light of pure cosmic wisdom. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society. View quote
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Well, actually, I'm a psychic being, and you know, we don't concern ourselves with being born; we concern ourselves with being eternal; we deal with the spirit. (Sun Ra)
It takes a motion to notion and it takes a notion to motion. View quote
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Music is a language, a universal language. View quote
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Behold the pre-prophetic symbols of the planes of Never. Behold, behold this thisness! This isness. View quote
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Out of nowhere they come like embers suddenly aflame With living reach Spiral infinity Being. Yes. Out of nowhere they come from the no point. View quote
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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. Music is existence, the key to the universal language. Because it is the universal language. View quote
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A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I use music as a medium to talk to people. View quote
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I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician. View quote
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Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me. (Sun Ra)
I see people as they really are from a pure point of view. View quote
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A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger! View quote
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Sometimes in the ignorance I feel the meaning Invincible invisible wisdom, And I commune with intuitive instinct With the force that made life be And since it made life be It is greater than life And since it let extinction be It is greater than extinction. I commune with feelings more than prayer. View quote
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I see them as they are to is And not the seeming isness of the was. View quote
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