We're having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz?

Quote by Ken Burns

Topics: Ken Burns Quotes

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...

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

The flame is not out, but it is flickering.

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more...

In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more...

I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely...

I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely...

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's...

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's...

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come...

You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come...

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 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...

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution...

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution...

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have...

When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have...

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...

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...

In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of...

In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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