A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick. - discourse

It is of the nature of idea to be communicated: written, spoken, done. The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on.

Translation: Discourses are tactical elements or blocks operating in the field of force relations; there can exist different and even contradictory discourses within the same strategy; they can, on the contrary, circulate without changing their form from one strategy to another, opposing strategy.

We can no longer maintain any distinction between music and discourse about music, between the supposed object of analysis and the terms of analysis.