"I would find myself backing away from all……" — Anthony Braxton
"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."
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18 Quotes by Anthony Braxton
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...I have great hopes for the possibility of a dynamic universalism that respects all our people.
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I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music…
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I know I’m an African-American, and I know I play the saxophone, but I’m not a jazz musician. I’m not…
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For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief…
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Is jazz a rhythm, or is it a vibration?
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There is more to creative mastership than the surface of satisfaction and political certainty. The music of Joe Fonda is…
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I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.
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Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European…
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The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's…
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Everybody in America is angry about something.
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Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what…
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I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested…
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