I record all of my music with authentic instruments in a studio before we start editing, doing many, many versions. The music shapes the film as we edit so it has an organic relationship to the content. – Ken Burns
I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what were lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and its worse than fear – its active disengagement. – Ken Burns
People tend to forget that the word “history” contains the word “story”. – Ken Burns
You can learn as much about the history from reading about the present as you can vice versa, that is learning about the present through history, which is what I do for a living. – Ken Burns
In a relationship when things are really great you dont need to say anything and just enjoy the other person. Sometimes with a couple, it gets dark and you dont know what to say and that silence can last all day. Other times you dont want to stop talking because you dont want to lose one another. – Anton Yelchin