Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk, known earlier in his career simply as Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the ability to play several instruments simultaneously.

American - Musician | August 7, 1935 - December 5, 1977

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What about a blues in W, in the key of W.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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

All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note!

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Keep searchin’ for your mystery note on the universal piano of life.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

I wish we could just stay on the bandstand, it's so peaceful up here.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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

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

I didn't ask my mother to buy me a trumpet or a violin, I started right on the water hose.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Rahsaan Roland Kirk

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