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Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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Some people take music too seriously, and some don't take it seriously enough, others take it just right.
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An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.
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So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and more art. We've gotten to the point of burning food. When will we begin to burn our art?
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