I would find myself backing away from all of the 'isms,' all of the communities. I have always been able to be misused by every community But that is OK. I would rather be misused than neglected. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not a classical musician, either. My music is like my life: It’s in between these areas. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
Evolution is the phenomenon of change and the challenge of the next time cycle will involve the creation of constructs that will provide the… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for.… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given,… — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
I have learned through time that not everyone is interested in the kinds of things that fascinate me. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share Image
