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" 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. "

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" When you come to documentaries, the stakes are too low for it to be cutthroat. You're all doing it for the right reasons. "

Morgan Neville

Right

You

Reasons

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

" Maybe this is my left-wing conspiracy theory, but the right has re-branded itself as kind of the everyman party: Who's the person you'd rather have a beer with? The Republican Party, even though it's a party of incredible wealth and corporate interests, has hidden behind this everyman quality. "

" At the beginning of the '70s, everything was possible. "

" There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie. "

" I feel like - like Netflix is great if you've got a project ready to launch itself into the world rapidly. "

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

" Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character. "

" I wish I didn't care about what people thought as much as Keith Richards doesn't care. "

" Now, you watch cable news, and you know what everybody's going to say before they open their mouth. "

" I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers. "

" They don't make people like Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley anymore. "

" 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. "

" You tend to put your rock stars on pedestals - they seem like they've been there for time immemorial. But you realize that the rock stars have their own rock stars. They were fans and kids once, too. "

" I am a big believer in the power of journalism; it's a heroic pursuit. "

Morgan Neville

Power

I Am

" I think, in the West, we often discount the arts as nice but not that important. Certainly in America when we cut funding for schools, the arts are the first programs to go. But the arts built the things we need more than anything else: collaboration and co-operation and creativity. "

" The presidential and vice-presidential debates are those rare moments when people come together, but to even call them debates is a stretch because they're played by such negotiated rules, and they're so over-rehearsed. "

" Non-fiction or documentaries can tell any kind of a story because they don't have to adhere to the rules of what's possible. When you're making something up, you have to say, 'Well, this is what would happen here,' but in reality, stuff happens that seems impossible. "

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

Morgan Neville

Political

Growing

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

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

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

Morgan Neville

Creating

Music

" 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.' "

Morgan Neville

Pretend

" Space is something which makes us question our role here on Earth. It brings out the best of our hopes and dreams. "

" 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. "

Morgan Neville

Night

Him

" I think of myself as a cultural filmmaker. "

" 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. "

" By the rules of debate, if you lose your cool, you've lost the game. "

" I feel like I'm in a privileged position where I get to meet people and talk to them about the most important things in their lives. I appreciate that trust they're putting in me. "

" If the Olympic Spirit is about overcoming every hurdle and accepting no limits, then I think Samsung is a great ambassador for these values. "