Let No One Imagine That In Owning

Composing For The Prepared Piano Is Not A Criticism Of The Instrument. I'm Only Being Practical.

We Are Simple-minded Enough To Think That If We Were Saying Something We Would Use Words. We Are Rather Doing Something. The Meaning Of What We Do Is Determined By Each One Who Sees And Hears It.

It Is Better To Make A Piece Of Music Than To Perform One, Better To Perform One Than To Listen To One, Better To Listen To One Than To Misuse It As A Means Of Distraction, Entertainment, Or Acquisition Of 'culture.'

When I Hear What We Call Music, It Seems To Me That Someone Is Talking. And Talking About His Feelings, Or About His Ideas Of Relationships. But When I Hear Traffic, The Sound Of Traffic - Here On Sixth Avenue, For Instance - I Don’t Have The Feeling That Anyone Is Talking. I Have The Feeling That Sound Is Acting. And I Love The Activity Of Sound... I Don’t Need Sound To Talk To Me.

The Material Of Music Is Sound And Silence. Integrating These Is Composing.