You need, as a historian, essential triangulation from your subject and the only way you get that triangulation is through time. Ken Burns essentialhistoriansubject Change image and share on social
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. Ken Burns coverdayfilm share on social
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. Ken Burns accuratedemocracyfilm share on social
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. Ken Burns archeologicalassumptioncache Change image and share on social
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. Ken Burns 20thamericanarmstrong Change image and share on social
You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood. Ken Burns buckcurtflood share on social
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. Ken Burns begindocumentarydrama Change image and share on social
The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed. Ken Burns interviewlargeperson Change image and share on social
History's just been made for sale to an inside deal. Ken Burns dealhistoryinside Change image and share on social
