Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.

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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...

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.

I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with...

I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could...

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could...

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 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...

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...

I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist,...

I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist,...