In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?
Ken BurnsI don't think that there has been a film that I've done that hasn't been influenced by libraries and archives.
Ken BurnsThe stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz and still not do it justice.
Ken BurnsI can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with all of their equipment and the incredible amount of technique they have. But there's very little that I think satisfies you intellectually or emotionally.
Ken Burns