Sun Ra
Sun Ra
Sun Rawas an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, "cosmic philosophy", prolific output, and theatrical performances. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1979. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up...
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth22 May 1914
play frustrated unhappy
The music is not part of this planet in a sense that the spirit of it is about happiness. Most musicians play earth things about what they know, but I found out that they are mostly unhappy and frustrated, and that creeps over into their music.
faults musician planets
The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.
firsts
At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something
names mystery call-me
I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.
prayer ignorance feelings
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
spiritual music-is materials
Music is not material. Music is Spiritual.
dark black cosmos
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.
brother men jail
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 out in the street.
notion
It takes a motion to notion and it takes a notion to motion.
today structure music-is
Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.
europe america people
Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.
bridges people understanding
Music can be the bridge to understanding, but people have to get some knowledge.
absence ifs
If death is the absence of life, then death's death is life.
music thinking world
The world thinks that music is a commercial commodity. I'm glad that is not my code.