And then when I went to Chicago, that’s when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets. – Sun Ra
All these other nations seem to appreciate what I’m doing and they want me to play the furthest out things. – Sun Ra
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. – Sun Ra
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. – Sun Ra
Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those with money and power. – Sun Ra
The world is in such a bad condition that if they don’t find what you call a redeemer, every man, woman and child on this planet will be eliminated. – Sun Ra
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. – Sun Ra
