Quotes from Sun Ra

And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets.

I know what life is. This is not life. This is death disguised as life.

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

All these other nations seem to appreciate what I'm doing and they want me to play the furthest out things.

People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.

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.

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

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

Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.

I'm not a prophet. I'm a destiny-changer. It's all right to prophesy, but the best thing to do is change things, if you've got the power.