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" 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. "

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" If I told my 14-year-old self that I'd be hanging out with Keith Richards talking about records, my head would've exploded. "

Morgan Neville

Out

Talking

Self

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

" 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. "

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

" Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character. "

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

Morgan Neville

Power

I Am

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

" Politicians pretend not to be smart. "

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

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

" I so often doubt how much people on television believe what they're saying. They're playing roles for think tanks or political parties or shills of whatever stripe. "

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

Morgan Neville

Political

Growing

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Church singing is a great training ground. "

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

" I'd worked on music docs for years. It felt like writing a novel. By the time I got to Keith Richards, it felt like making a sketch. "

Morgan Neville

Got

Music

" Harmony singing isn't meant to be done alone. "

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

" 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. "

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

" As a writer, I think about films I work on in a traditional Hollywood kind of a way. I'm curious to see how it translates. "

" Success and singing is not synonymous. "

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