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I do not want to heap coals of fire on anyone's head, but I would like to advise those who keep the living thought of the dead hidden away in cardboard boxes, to pass on as quickly as possibly such explosive material, whose only legitimate heir is the whole world, that is to say, my neighbor.

— Pierre Schaeffer

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Barbarians always think of themselves as the bringers of civilization.

Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

People who try to create a musical revolution do not have a chance, but those who turn their back to music can sometimes find it.

Sound is the vocabulary of nature... noises are as well articulated as the words in a dictionary... Opposing the world of sound is the world of music.

I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible.'

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