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Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for. Slowly but surely, it became clear that the last thing I was interested in was freedom. Because if you're going to be free, you have to be free from something.

~Anthony Braxton

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I had never thought that I would be involved in narrative structures. As a young guy, I was more interested in abstract modeling. But as I got older, I began to see that there was no reason to limit myself to any intellectual or conceptual postulate, when in fact I'm a professional student of music.

~Anthony Braxton

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I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.

~Anthony Braxton

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So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home.

~Anthony Braxton

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I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me.

~Anthony Braxton

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Most African Americans, especially the men and women from my generation, would accept the nationalist gambit that says only European Americans can be racists, which is an interesting gambit.

~Anthony Braxton

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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

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I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to continue my real intentions.

~Anthony Braxton

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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 a limitation.

~Anthony Braxton

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Everybody in America is angry about something.

~Anthony Braxton

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Musician

Born: June 4th, 1945

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