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


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

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



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



It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past

It is the great arrogance of the present to forget the intelligence of the past



I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's an active disengagement.

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's an active disengagement.



Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us."

Do not lose your enthusiasm. In its Greek etymology, the word enthusiasm means, "God in us."



History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.

History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are.



People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story".

People tend to forget that the word "history" contains the word "story".



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 began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.

I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.



I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge.

I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge.





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A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living.

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