In a sense I’ve made the same film over and over again. In all of them I’ve asked, ‘Who are we as Americans? Ken Burns Read Quote
We’re having a hard time understanding where jazz is going. What happened to jazz? Ken Burns Read Quote
I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it’s extremely predictable, it’s a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there’s a certain musical virtuosity involved in it. Ken Burns Read Quote
The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed. Ken Burns Read Quote
I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it’s bad I’ll say it’s my fault. And that’s what I can say so far in all the films that I’ve done, that if you don’t like it, it’s entirely my fault. Ken Burns Read Quote
The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It’s our great contribution to the arts. Ken Burns Read Quote
Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. Ken Burns Read Quote
In most films music is brought in at the end, after the picture is more or less locked, to amplify the emotions the filmmaker wants you to feel. Ken Burns Read Quote
