„John Cage, 79, a Minimalist Enchanted With Sound, Dies”. New York Times. 1992. Приступљено 22. 8. 2013. „John Cage, the prolific and influential composer whose Minimalist works have long been a driving force in the world of music, dance and art, died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. He was 79 years old and lived in Manhattan.”
Cage self-identified as an anarhista in a 1985. Interview: "I'am an anarchist. I don't know wheter the adjective is pure and simple, or philosophical, or what, but I don't like government! And I don't like institutions! And I don't have any cinfidence in even good institutions."
John Cage at Seventy: An interview[мртва веза] by Stephen Montague. "American Music", Summer 1985. ubu.com Accessed 24 May, 2007.