Each day, Sun Ra wrote a piece of music solely for “the Creator” as thanks for giving him the gift of music.
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TRANSCRIPT
(birds chirping) - Sun Ra woke up with the sun and he sat down at the piano and he improvised a new piece of music.
The band never played it.
He never played it live.
That was purely to give thanks to the Creator for his gifts.
(calm music) - He had a room, we called it the chaos room.
He said, "Well, this is where I hide my treasures."
Music everywhere.
He would always be writing music.
We'd go on a train, he'd be writing music.
In his room, writing music.
(calm music continues) - There's no time you ever spoke to Sun Ra where he didn't mention the Creator.
He said, "Everybody all over this planet "is always asking the Creator for things.
"Nobody ever gives the Creator anything.
"So every morning, I give the Creator a song."
(tense music) (calm music)
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