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
emotion paint
With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures...
firsts
At first there was nothingthen nothing turned itself inside-out and became something
light people earth
Proper evaluations of words and letters in their phonetic and associated sense can bring the people of earth to the clear light of pure cosmic wisdom.
faults musician planets
The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.
names mystery call-me
I have many names; some call me Mr. Ra, others call me Mr. Re, you can call me Mr. Mystery.
light shadow tomorrow
The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow.
brother space knows
The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music.
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.
planes prophetic symbols
Behold the pre-prophetic symbols of the planes of Never. Behold, behold this thisness! This isness.
mad world ifs
If you’re not mad at the world, you don’t have what it takes
dark black cosmos
I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.
psychics spirit born
Well, actually, I'm a psychic being, and you know, we don't concern ourselves with being born; we concern ourselves with being eternal; we deal with the spirit.
music jazz jazz-music
What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.
art discipline design
Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.