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Sun Ra Inspirational Quotes (35)

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A world is in danger, this planet is in great danger!
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It takes a motion to notion and it takes a notion to motion.
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I always say it's not my Arkestra, it belongs to some other force which wants certain things, to reach people.
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At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something
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The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.
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Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are.
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I'm not into division. I'm into coordination, discipline and tradition.
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A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
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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.
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Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.
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I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me.
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Space is not only high, it's low. It's a bottomless pit.
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In the world of tomorrow, the new man will 'think' the place he wants to go, then his mind will take him there.
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What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.
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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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Those who will not dance will have to be shot
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Music can be the bridge to understanding, but people have to get some knowledge.
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Today's symphonic music is sponsored by the upper structures of society.
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I have many names some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.
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Somewhere in the other side of nowhere is a place in space beyond time where the Gods of mythology dwell. ... These gods dwell in their mythocracies as opposed to your theocracies, democracies, and monocracies. They dwell in a magic world. These Gods can even offer you immortality.
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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
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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.
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The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future.
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Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.
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