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If my work is accepted, I must move on to the point where it is not.

John Cage

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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
Composer
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Music Theorist
Musician
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John Milton Cage Jr.
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