The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz and still not do it justice.

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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...

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz.

By its very nature, no one person can ever be the center of jazz.

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of...

You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of...

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment...

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment...

Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to...

Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to...

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,...

Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.

Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.

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...

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

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...

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...

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

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

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play...

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play...

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison,...

Well I think after leaving prison, and having written three diaries about life in prison,...