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" Docs, in general, are made in the edit bay, archival docs even more so. "

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" You make documentaries because you love doing it; it's the only sane reason to make documentaries. "

" In the late 1960s, English artists like the Rolling Stones and Joe Cocker began recording in the States, and at that point, they realised, 'We can get real African-American voices on our records; we don't have to pretend any more.' "

" I would argue that the culture is not the frosting on the cake: the culture is the plate the cake sits on. "

" I never got into making documentaries for any kind of success, because documentary careers are generally ones of prolonged failures. "

" I've produced two docs for Cameron Crowe, and I've always loved him as a filmmaker. "

" There was no model how to make a documentary production company work. I figured it out as I went along. "

" A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it's not for them. "

" In a weird way, our satirists probably have the most complicated, nuanced views of our politics now - Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver. I don't know what that says about our country. "

" I love Memphis, and just being there affects one's outlook. "

" We had an incredible experience on '20 Feet.' "

" I knew who Buckley and Vidal were growing up, being a political junkie. "

" Music, like film, is an incredible tool for creating empathy. "

" The idea of music coming from the Church is not new. "

" If you're making a film about a band or a songwriter or whomever, there's a publisher, there's a record label, and there are people who are vested interests in that film. But with back-up singers, because they did stuff for everybody, there's no one party that has any vested interest in seeing the story told. "

" Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character. "

" The first night I met Yo-Yo Ma, I found him the most charming person I had ever met, and I was willing to follow him with the camera anywhere. "

" Everything about Hank Williams interests me. His music, his life. His death. His impact. "

" Politicians pretend not to be smart. "

" To be a backup singer, you have to walk into any situation and just be perfect from the first take to the 50th take. "

" If you're not doing it for the right reasons, then you'd be dumb to be making documentaries. "

" So much of what we get on our news debate shows is really people spinning one way or the other, giving their talking points one way or the other. "

" How often do we make films just celebrating people that do a good job, work altruistically, and are in it just for the sake of the love and not the business? "

" We saw The Who on New Year's Eve in 1975. "

" When you come from a place and an identity, you can feel constricted and have to get away. But then you realise how much a part of you it is. "

" The problem with a lot of narrative films is that they're not real enough. "

" There's no cultural revolution by mistake. "

" Everyone feels entitled to their own facts. "

" Vidal was a novelist, an essayist, a playwright, a screenwriter, and many other things. Buckley started a magazine, hosted a TV show, lead a political movement, and was a master debater. They were multihyphenates in a way that you rarely see anymore. "