I Grew Up Certain For A While

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.

Nothing In Our Daily Life Offers More Of The Comfort Of Continuity, The Generational Connection Of Belonging To A Vast And Complicated American Family, The Powerful Sense Of Home, The Freedom From Time's Constraints, And The Great Gift Of Accumulated Memory Than Does Our National Pastime.

I Read Cover To Cover Every Jazz Publication That I Could And In The New York Times, Every Single Day Reading Their Jazz Reviews Even Though I Didn't Put Them In The Films. I Wanted To Know What Is Going On.

To Say That An Artist Sells Out Means That An Artist Is Making A Conscious Choice To Compromise His Music, To To Weaken His Music For The Sake Of Commercial Gain.

I Have Made A Film About Jazz That Tries To Look Through Jazz To See What It Tells Us About Who We Are As A People. I Think That Jazz Is A Spectacularly Accurate Model Of Democracy And A Kind Of Look Into Our Redemptive Future Possibilities.