Rahsaan Roland Kirk quotes

Rahsaan Roland Kirk quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“You don't see the European classical musicians allowing the music of Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven to become extinct. That music has gone on for centuries and centuries. We have the same obligation. Why do we have to become so 'hip' that we can say, 'Bebop is square,' or "New Orleans is square'? This, to me, is a shame.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Squares Quotes #New Orleans Quotes #Bebop Quotes
“When I die, I want them to play The Black and Crazy Blues, I want to be cremated, put in a bag of pot and I want beautiful people to smoke me and hope they got something out of it.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Beautiful Quotes #Crazy Quotes #Play Quotes
“All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note!”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Tone Quotes #Notes Quotes
“Keep searchinâ€™ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Piano Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Notes Quotes
“What about a blues in W, in the key of W.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Music Quotes #Keys Quotes #Jazz Quotes
“I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Mother Quotes #Water Quotes #Violin Quotes
“We are all driven by an invisible whip. Some run, some have fun, some are hip, some tip, some dip, but we all must answer to the invisible whip.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Running Quotes #Fun Quotes #Answers Quotes
“Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Piano Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Notes Quotes
“I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here.”
-- Rahsaan Roland Kirk

#Peaceful Quotes #Wish Quotes

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