Music

You want your music to be more like life, like nature; yet what would that evolve into?

We can't go about everything like that because we want to cross the street, for instance, without being killed. I think it's very useful to remember the four divisions of activity characteristic of Indian law. The first is ar-tah, that is to say moving to a goal, having a goal and moving toward it; orkanna, having an idea of what is pleasing and giving or receiving pleasure; dharma, which involves distinguishing between good and evil; and mooksha having to do with not following any of those restrictions — which is what I do with the music.

From an interview with John Cage
http://emusician.com/mag/Conversations_With_Cage/