"i was watching BET one night, and they were interviewing a man about jazz music. he said jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery. i thought that was beautiful because, while it is music, it is very hard to put on paper; it is so much more a language of the soul. it is as if the soul is saying something, something about freedom. i tink CHristian spirituality is like jazz music. i think loving Jesus is something you feel. i think it is something very difficult to get on paper. but it is no less real, no less meaningful, no less beautiful.
The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. it is a music birthed out of freedom. and that is the closest thing i know to Christian spirituality. a music birthed out of freedom. everybody sings their song the way they feel it, and everybody closes their eyes and lifts up their hands."
-Blue Like Jazz
i hope you guys read this book. it is really an amazing book. i finished it just now. that was almost the end.
it's quite beautiful.
ok so i've also started 2 new blogs. one for thoughts on music and art and stuff, and one for my environmental rants. check 'em out yo
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The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. it is a music birthed out of freedom. and that is the closest thing i know to Christian spirituality. a music birthed out of freedom. everybody sings their song the way they feel it, and everybody closes their eyes and lifts up their hands."
-Blue Like Jazz
i hope you guys read this book. it is really an amazing book. i finished it just now. that was almost the end.
it's quite beautiful.
ok so i've also started 2 new blogs. one for thoughts on music and art and stuff, and one for my environmental rants. check 'em out yo
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