Sun Ra quotes
Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.
A baseball player doesn't have to go and get another job. Mike Tyson doesn't have to get another job, he can devote himself to what he's doing.
A lot of musicians have to be cooks and waiters and different things.
A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!
Actually, leading a large band is an impossible job and I would have given up some time ago but I'm under the jurisdiction of other forces which want to help the planet and they keep certain musicians with me.
All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.
America is not doing anything for creative artists like myself.
And I'm telling people they can be part of and in a sense, are citizens of the omniverse, That's true.
And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets.
And, therefore, if someone is in the band who' s gonna get in my way, even ten years from today, the force will see to it that they will not be with me.
Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power.
But I have other forms of music that I haven't been able to project because it would take a lot of money to do it.
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.
But, I'm not in the commercial plane so that means I'm not on TV like preachers are, like the politicians are, like the philosophers are.
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