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Quote by Sun Ra

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I use music as a medium to talk to people.

I use music as a medium to talk to people.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the...

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

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

It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind,...

It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind,...

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

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

But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to do what...

But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldn't be able to do what...

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

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

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper...

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper...

The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you...

The world is in such a bad condition that if they don't find what you...

I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the...

I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the...

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

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

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to...

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to...

And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences...

And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences...