For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had some fundamental understanding of black creativity—or even western creativity—but this assumption was seriously in error. — 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.… — 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
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
My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
I have learned through time that not everyone is interested in the kinds of things that fascinate me. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
I'm a post-Abner Jay kind of guy mixed with Roger Corman and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers. — Anthony Braxton Copy Share
