I Have Made All My Films For

Louis Armstrong Is Quite Simply The Most Important Person In American Music. He Is To 20th Century Music (i Did Not Say Jazz) What Einstein Is To Physics.

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 Enjoy Total Creative Control Right Now. Nobody Tells Me To Make It Longer, Shorter, Better, Sexier, More Violent, Whatever.

The Way I Work, The Interview Never Becomes Larger Than The Person Being Interviewed.

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.