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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/for-the-most-basic-assumption-that-dictated-my-early-attempts-to/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

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## More by Anthony Braxton

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-know-i-m-an-african-american-and-i-know-i-play-the-saxophone-but-i/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [Evolution is the phenomenon of change and the challenge of the next time cycle will involve the creation of constructs that will provide the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/evolution-is-the-phenomenon-of-change-and-the-challenge-of-the-next/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-had-never-thought-that-i-would-be-involved-in-narrative-structures/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/my-work-has-been-marginalized-as-far-as-the-jazz-business-complex-is/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is part of a living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/there-is-more-to-creative-mastership-than-the-surface-of-satisfaction/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/for-the-most-basic-assumption-that-dictated-my-early-attempts-to/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-am-interested-in-the-study-of-music-and-the-discipline-of-music-and/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/growing-up-in-the-50s-and-being-in-the-60s-in-that-revolutionary-time/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-thank-the-creator-of-the-universe-to-have-discovered-the-discipline/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-m-seeking-to-have-an-art-that-is-engaged-as-a-way-for-saying-hurray/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I have learned through time that not everyone is interested in the kinds of things that fascinate me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-have-learned-through-time-that-not-everyone-is-interested-in-the/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/so-yes-i-am-in-the-underground-but-actually-it-feels-like-home/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-am-viewed-as-the-negro-who-has-gone-outside-of-the-categories/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [I'm a post-Abner Jay kind of guy mixed with Roger Corman and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/i-m-a-post-abner-jay-kind-of-guy-mixed-with-roger-corman-and-frankie/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

> [Everybody in America is angry about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-braxton/everybody-in-america-is-angry-about-something/)

[Anthony Braxton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-braxton/)

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