There is no communication in this world except between equals.

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.

Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being.

One of the things I really like about Ford's films is how there is always a focus on the way characters live, and not just the male heroes.

Like a layer on a pearl, you can't specifically identify the irritant, the moment of the irritant, but at the end of the day, you know you have a pearl.

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.

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