Scholarly discussion of the music of John Cage.

[Rob Haskins <>]

Yes, Petr, it's in A Year From Monday, p. 28. Marvelous quote.

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Petr Kotik <> wrote:

I am not sure if Cage put this in writing. He said that following a performance of Song Books at June in Buffalo in 1975.
PK

On 6/21/11 10:49 PM, "Joseph Zitt" <> wrote:

This sounds like an echo of Cage's statement from A Year From Monday: "Permission granted. But not to do whatever you want."

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Jared Steward <> wrote:

Yes, Thanks for the interesting discussion! I was wondering about Petr Kotik's comment:
3.     Cage’s music is all about discipline, which he once defined as -- you “don’t do what you want but anything goes.”
 
Do you have a source for that quote? I'd love to read whatever else Cage was thinking on that subject. 

thanks,
Jared

On Jun 20, 2011, at 5:23 AM, Stefano Pocci wrote:

 Thanks for all these emails which provided certain information on a bunch of yet-unfathomed (by me) Cage related arguments. It proves how much he's still alive today!
 
 Thank you Rob for addressing your books which look very promising on the anarchy issue.
 

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