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

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

I see people as they really are from a pure point of view.
Sun Ra

I use music as a medium to talk to people.
Sun Ra

Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.
Sun Ra

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

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.
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