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"I believe the use of noise to make music will increase until we reach a
music produced through the aid of electrical instruments which will make
available for musical purposes any and all sounds that can be heard."
-- composer John Cage, 1937

I did cancel one performance in Holland where they thought my music was so easy
that they didn't rehearse at all.  And so the first time when I found that out,
I rehearsed the orchestra myself in front of the audience of 3,000 people and
the next day I rehearsed through the second movement -- this was the piece
_Cheap Imitation_ -- and they then were ashamed.  The Dutch people were ashamed
and they invited me to come to the Holland festival and they promised to
rehearse.  And when I got to Amsterdam they had changed the orchestra, and
again, they hadn't rehearsed.  So they were no more prepared the second time
than they had been the first.  I gave them a lecture and told them to cancel
the performance; they then said over the radio that i had insisted on their
cancelling the performance because they were "insufficiently Zen."
Can you believe it?
-- composer John Cage, "Electronic Musician" magazine, March 88, pg. 89

"One day I woke up and discovered that I was in love with tripe."
-- Tom Anderson

"Most people would like to be delivered from
 temptation but would like it to keep in touch."
-- Robert Orben

The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or
give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

An optimist believes we live in the best world possible;
a pessimist fears this is true.

"If John Madden steps outside on February 2, looks down, and doesn't see his
feet, we'll have 6 more weeks of Pro football."
-- Chuck Newcombe

Dead?   No excuse for laying off work.

Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself.

"When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic."
-- John Kenneth Galbraith