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If this word “music” is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound. – John Cage

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Music is the universal language: it is the same anywhere you go in the world. – Anonymous

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I dont like painting flowers in my music. I like painting guts and pain. – Jonathan Davis

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Develop interest in life as you see it in people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. – Henry Miller

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Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened. – Archie Shepp

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