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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.

Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.

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...

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...

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.

I use music as a medium to talk to people.

I use music as a medium to talk to 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...