“Music is not material. Music is Spiritual.”
Sun Ra (1914–1993) American jazz composer and bandleader
"The Neglected Plane of Wisdom" (1966), p. 250
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“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.”
The Times [London] (6 July 1990)
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