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“Now I can say openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees.”
“It has been said that what we do is deliver lyrical sermons, fire-and-brimstone sermonettes and reminders of the fact that we live in the promised land of milk and honey, where we have prime beef and 80% butterfat ice cream. I am sure we appreciate the blessing we enjoy in this country, but it wouldn’t hurt if everyone expressed his appreciation more often.”
“My music got me into church and privileged me to do my Sacred Concerts, obviously music is my language and possibly my most eligible form of semantics if I am to speak to GOD.”
“Every man prays in his own language and there is no language GOD does not understand.”
“I believe that no matter what the skill of a drummer or saxophonist, if this is the thing he does best, and he offers it sincerely from the heart in—or as accompaniment to-his worship, then it will not be unacceptable because of the instrument upon which he makes his demonstration, be it pipe or tom-tom.
If a man is troubled, he moans and cries when he worships. When a man feels that that which he enjoys in this life is only because of the grace of God, he rejoices, he sings, and sometimes dances (and so it was with David in spite of his wife’s prudishness).
In this program you will hear a wide variety of statements without words, and I think you should know that if it is a phrase with six tones, it symbolizes the six syllables in the first four words of the Bible, “In the beginning God,” which is our theme. We say it many times . . . many ways.”
We shall keep this land if we all agree on the meaning of that unconditional word: LOVE.”
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