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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. Morgan Neville

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

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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. Morgan Neville

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

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Politicians pretend not to be smart. Morgan Neville

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

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Church singing is a great training ground. Morgan Neville

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Success and singing is not synonymous. Morgan Neville

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

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

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

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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. Morgan Neville

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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

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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. Morgan Neville

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. Morgan Neville

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

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'The Sound of Silk' will serve as a lens for larger questions about cultural identity in a global society and the potential for individuals to act as catalysts for change. Morgan Neville

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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

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We had an incredible experience on '20 Feet.' Morgan Neville

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I could really sink my teeth into a David Bowie documentary. Morgan Neville

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