Quotes by La Monte Young

“Let people have an education and you cant stop them.”

“I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.”

“If listeners arent carried away to Heaven,Im failing.”

“Give people knowledge and they really eat it up and they appreciate it a lot and the more that knowledge is made available to people, the more they will utilize it and let it be a part of them.”

“I had a calling to become what I became - I was created to do this.”

“Im so happy now that I have my own recording company because I dont have to have any arguments with people about what Im going to release next.”

“One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis - the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still.”

“I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.”

If listeners arent carried away to Heaven, Im failing.