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"Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom wa..." — Anthony Braxton
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.
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