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Anthony Braxton Quotes
Page 1 of 1Anthony Braxton
June 4, 1945 -
Category: Musician
|  I am viewed as the Negro who has gone outside of the categories assigned to me. | | Everybody in America is angry about something. | | So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home. | | 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. | | 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. | | 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. | | The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation. | | 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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