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But recently I began to feel that maybe I wouldnt be able to do what I want to do and need to do with American musicians
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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"

- Sun Ra

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This quote by Sun Ra speaks to the idea of creative flexibility and the constraints of typical musical frameworks. He is recommending that the conventional musical frameworks of American songs, such as bars and also steps, are like a jail, protecting against musicians from expressing themselves easily. He is sharing his aggravation with the lack of innovative freedom in American songs, and also his desire to be able to do what he wants and also needs to do with American artists. He is recommending that these standard frameworks are also limiting as well as prevent musicians from expressing themselves in a much more creative as well as complimentary method. Sun Ra is promoting for a much more open and also cost-free strategy to songs, one that allows musicians to reveal themselves without the constraints of typical music structures. He is encouraging musicians to damage devoid of the traditional structures as well as discover brand-new and creative ways of making songs.

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This quote is written / told by Sun Ra between May 22, 1914 and May 30, 1993. He/she was a famous Musician. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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