Sun Ra, in the film a Joyful Noise, talking about history in the Egyptian museum at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (my home town). Speaking in front of the Sphinx surrounded by an Egyptian temple he says:

No two songs tell the same story...

They say that history repeats itself ...

But history is only HIS story... you haven't heard MY story YET ...

MY story is DIFFERENT from HIS story... my story is not part of history...

Because history repeats itself...

But MY story is endless, it never repeats itself

Why should it?

... A sunset does not repeat ITself, neither does a sunrise....

Nature never repeats itself

Why should I repeat myself?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ApScX0yvtyE


that's a good history lesson, one which musicians might consider when choosing between creation and re-creation. It's not easy; what worked well last night may seem very tempting to repeat tonight... especially in a different town... until decades pass and you wonder where the time went.

thoughtful regards,

Garrison