Top 13 Quotes by Anthony Braxton

About Anthony Braxton

These are some quotes by No-nationality author Anthony Braxton Musician, who was born on June 4, 1945.

Everybody in America is angry about something.

Everybody in America is angry about something.

Anthony Braxton

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.

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

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.

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

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 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

The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.

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

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

My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex.

My work has been marginalized as far as the jazz-business complex is concerned, or the contemporary-music complex.

Anthony Braxton

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

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

Anthony Braxton

I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity.'

I'm seeking to have an art that is engaged as a way for saying, 'Hurray for unity.'

Anthony Braxton

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

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

Anthony Braxton

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