Interview with John Cage in Los Angeles, June 30, 1963

This interview, conducted by poet and broadcaster at KPFK Jack Hirschman, was recorded in conjunction with John Cage’s visit to Los Angeles with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Cage was to perform "45 for a Speaker" at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall in July 1963, a kind of lecture performance. It was composed by chance operations related to the imperfections on the paper on which it was composed.