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" Like the ancient Silk Road itself, 'The Sound of Silk' will make the foreign familiar while challenging long-held notions of identity and our place in the world. "

Morgan Neville

Sound

World

Road

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" The easiest way to subjugate a people is to erase a culture. I've seen it in war zones. "

" 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

" Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

Morgan Neville

General

Made

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

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

" Success and singing is not synonymous. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" TV tends to laud the person with the perfect one-liner rather than the one with the better idea. "

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

" The best music films are not about music... Music is just the language we're speaking to tell a story about culture. "

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

Morgan Neville

Power

I Am

" Sometimes we have our perfect foils, or you can call them their bete noir: the person who brings out both the best and the worst in you because you disagree with them so completely. Yet, you understand and respect them enough to give it your all. "

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

" Culture in general is important, and people's identify is tied up in it. It's how we connect with others. "

Morgan Neville

Others

Important

" I love documentaries. I love the format. I've been doing them for a long time. "

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

" Being a backup singer means being able to sing on a dime. Music is oozing out of their every pore. "

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

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

Morgan Neville

Creating

Music

" I always tell aspiring documentary filmmakers, 'You have to go into it because you love it; if you go into it for the money, you're an idiot.' The number one prerequisite is you have to be intensely curious. If you love learning and trying to make people figure out what makes people tick, it's the best job in the world. "

" 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. "

" I always like learning the small details about a subject. "

Morgan Neville

Small

Always

" There's no cultural revolution by mistake. "

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