Sun Ra speaks

The Sun Ra interview that was originally published in May 1970 is reprinted
in the current June issue of Downbeat. Excerpt:
 

The question from the interviewer is basically, what is the relationship
between Sun Ra's music and jazz?

"The intergalactic phase of music touches upon many points. For instance,
everything is everything and outside of that is nothing. So in order to deal
with the infinity, I would have to deal with the nothings and the
everythings, of which each one has its different potentials. Then, after
that, each one has it multi-potentials; and after that each one has its
purposelessness, like the whole infinity of the duality everything. There is
no purpose... because if purpose is considered by some as an end, then
endlessness to others would mean without purpose. Infinity, however
purposeless, does not hesitate to sponsor infinity idea-projects."