Alan Watts

Gaga partner Third Side Music have welcomed a unique signing to their roster: the late scholar, writer, philosopher and prolific speaker Alan Watts.

An adept translator of Eastern wisdom, his captivating audio recordings have found life both in their original format as well as becoming a favourite treasure trove for tastemakers everywhere. From being the intro for Harry Styles' latest tours, getting sampled by Nas and Logic, having a huge influence on Lakers' coach Phil Jackson, and being a seminal figure in the counterculture of the Beat Generation, his reach has been and continues to be boundless.

He has endless inspiring quotes, but here's a music-related one to get you ruminating!

“Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present.”
― Alan Watts