Rahsaan Roland Kirk Professions : Multi-instrumentalist Born : August 7, 1935 Died : December 5, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Rahsaan Roland Kirk I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose. Rahsaan Roland Kirk violin mother water 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 answers running fun 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 music crazy beautiful 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 hips new-orleans squares Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life. Rahsaan Roland Kirk notes piano mystery What about a blues in W, in the key of W. Rahsaan Roland Kirk jazz music keys All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note! Rahsaan Roland Kirk tone notes I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here. Rahsaan Roland Kirk peaceful wish Similar Authors Booker T. Jones multi-instrumentalist David Bromberg multi-instrumentalist Gotye multi-instrumentalist Gary Lightbody multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti multi-instrumentalist All Authors
