Quotes by 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.
• So, yes, I am in the underground, but actually, it feels like home.
• 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 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.
• Everybody in America is angry about something.
• 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.
• The word music is a convenient way to talk about what I'm interested in, but actually, in some ways, it's a limitation.