... life and art should be eliminated. "Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50mph. Static between the stations. Rain. We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments." (Cage on 'The Future of Music'- from a lecture given in 1937, taken from 'Time for John Cage') At one of his concerts, musicians played beer bottles, automobile brake drums, flowerpots, "...anything we can lay our hands on". (Cage, from Goldberg, 2001) This, again, shows his feel for nature in his music by using everyday objects, which represent everyday noises, rather than conventional instruments. "My favourite piece is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet." (Cage, from Goldberg, 2001) In 1942 Cage settled in New York City. Influenced by Zen Buddhism, ...

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