Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture."

Composer, author, and philosopher, JOHN CAGE was born in Los Angeles in 1912 and by the age of 37 had been recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for having extended the boundaries of music. Cage composed hundreds of works in his career, many depending on chance procedures for their structure and performance. His books include Silence(1961), A Year from Monday(1967), M(1973), Empty woods(1979), X(1983), MUSICAGE(1996), and I-VI(1997). John Cage died in 1992 at the age of 79.

ForewordDiary: How to Move the world (you will only make matters worse) 1965Diary: Emma Lake Music Workshop 1965Seriously CommaHappy New Ears!Two Statements on IvesMosaicDiary: AudienceDiary: How to Improve the World (you will only make matters worse) Continued 196626 Statements Re DuchampJasper Johns: Stories and IdeasMiro in Third Person: 8 StatementsNam June Paik: A DiaryWhere do we go From Here?Julliard LectureLecture on CommitmentRhythm Etc.How to Pass, Kick Fall, and Run: Talk IDiary: How to Improve the World (you will only make matters worse) Continued 1967