Also John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and even Jim Morrison.

另外还有约翰·凯奇、康宁汉、甚至吉姆·莫里森。

This piece is actually not very typical of John Cage's writing.

这篇文章实际上并不是约翰·凯奇的典型作品。

(Piano music) This piece is actually not very typical of John Cage's writing.

（钢琴曲） 这首曲子其实不是很典型的约翰·凯奇的作品。

It's a combination of Luke Cage from Marvel comics, who was a character I liked, also named Power Man, and John Cage, the avant-garde composer.

这是把漫威漫画里我喜欢的一个角色卢克·凯奇，他也叫神力侠，还有先锋派作曲家约翰·凯奇的名字组合。

To understand just what John Cage was thinking, let's back up to the 1940s.

要了解约翰凯奇的想法，让我们回到 1940 年代。

John Cage realized that creating an environment with no distractions wasn't about creating silence.

约翰·凯奇意识到，创造一个没有干扰的环境并不是要创造安静。

Back then, John Cage was making a name for himself composing for the prepared piano.

那时，约翰·凯奇因为准备好的钢琴作曲而声名鹊起。

John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1973), 109.

3. John Cage，沉默：讲座和著作（康涅狄格州米德尔敦：卫斯理大学出版社，1973 年），109。

John Cage wrote incredibly detailed instructions about where to place each object in the piano.

约翰·凯奇 (John Cage) 写了关于在钢琴中放置每个物体的位置的非常详细的说明。

John Cage was starting to think deeply about silence.

约翰凯奇开始深入思考沉默。

John Cage visited an anechoic chamber at Harvard University.

约翰凯奇参观了哈佛大学的消声室。

John Cage realized that people were losing the option to shut out the background music of the world.

约翰凯奇意识到人们正在失去将世界背景音乐拒之门外的选择。

Just like John Cage, I could very clearly hear my blood pushing through my body.

就像约翰凯奇一样，我可以非常清楚地听到我的血液在我体内流动。

(Piano music) John Cage has made an impact on artists in many genres, from avant-garde musicians, to modern dance, to pop music.

（钢琴音乐）约翰凯奇对许多流派的艺术家产生了影响，从前卫音乐家到现代舞， 再到流行音乐。

There are no sounds in these rooms, so John Cage didn't expect to hear anything at all.

这些房间里没有任何声音，所以约翰凯奇根本没想到会听到任何声音。

This is where John Cage's interest in chance and randomness met his interest in silence.

这就是约翰凯奇对机会和随机性的兴趣与他对沉默的兴趣相遇的地方。

John Cage reminds us that music isn't the only kind of sound worth listening to.

约翰·凯奇提醒我们，音乐并不是唯一值得聆听的声音。

John Cage mentioned that he wanted to write a four-and-a-half-minute-long piece of silence and sell it to the Muzak company.

约翰·凯奇 (John Cage) 写下《4 分 33 秒》的四年前， 他提到自己想写一段四分半钟的无声片段， 然后卖给 Muzak 公司。

John Cage realized, in that moment, that no matter where we are, even our bodies are making sound.

约翰凯奇在那一刻意识到， 无论我们身在何处，即使我们的身体也在发出声音。

There, he met the American composer John Cage. Mister Cage was known for his experimental music and for using everyday sounds in his art.

在那里，他结识了美国作曲家约翰·凯奇。 凯奇先生以他的实验音乐和在他的艺术中使用日常声音而闻名。