History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions.

Quote by Ken Burns

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I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see...

I have made a film about jazz that tries to look through jazz to see...

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first...

I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first...

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of...

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of...

When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has...

When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has...

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you...

You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you...

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you...

You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you...

I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New...

I read cover to cover every jazz publication that I could and in the New...

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted...

Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted...

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to...

I am passionately interested in understanding how my country works. And if you want to...

The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed.

The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed.

I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find...

I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find...

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what...

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what...

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start...

I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start...

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You...

I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You...

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter,...

I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter,...

History's just been made for sale to an inside deal.

History's just been made for sale to an inside deal.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the...

I don't use composers. I research music the way I research the photographs or the...

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always...

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always...