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I 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
Tags: i-can, understand, think, you

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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.
— Ken Burns
Tags: say, compromise, choice, music
I think the problem with a lot of the fusion music is that it's extremely predictable, it's a rock rhythm and the solos all play the same stuff and they play it over and over again and there's a certain musical virtuosity involved in it.
— Ken Burns
Tags: problem, rock, think, music
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.
— Ken Burns
Tags: end-of-the-day, day, moment, you
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
Tags: feel, past, moment, truth
The flame is not out, but it is flickering.
— Ken Burns
Tags: out, flame
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