Quotes about legacy from interviews: what people want to leave behind, how they think about memory and influence.
The Beatles were about growth. We changed every single day.
A view of evolution from the gene's vantage point rather than the organism's: bodies are disposable survival machines that genes build and discard in order to keep copying themselves.
A German businessman who starts out simply profiting from the war and cheap Jewish labor gradually, and never smoothly, crosses over into risking everything to save lives the system had already marked for destruction.
As a documentarian, I feel a responsibility to preserve the history of Black music and culture
A history of humankind read as a history of shared fictions that got millions of strangers to cooperate as one.
A detective story about a Detroit musician who released two albums to indifference at home, unaware that on the other side of the world he had long been regarded as a legend.
I've always tried to be a good human being. That's what matters.
The autobiography of a man who spent 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid and emerged not as an avenger but as a president prepared to build reconciliation with his former enemies.
A quiet study of an eighty-year-old sushi master who has spent decades refining the same craft in a tiny restaurant with no room for casual walk-ins — a film about what a calling looks like when taken to its absolute…
The drum is the heartbeat of music. It's what keeps everyone together
a saga of the Buendía family in which magical realism isn't decoration but a way of showing how a country's and a family's history loop, repeating the same mistakes under new names.
Footage shot inside the Chauvet Cave, accessible to only a handful of scientists a year — a film that stages an encounter with thirty-two-thousand-year-old drawings as though its director cannot quite believe what he…
Success doesn't come overnight. It's the result of hard work, passion and patience
An attempt to explain why some peoples conquered others rather than the reverse — not through racial superiority but through accidents of geography: which plants, animals and diseases a continent happened to have.
Every song tells a story of my heart
A philosophical inquiry into the different kinds of activity that make up a human life — laboring, making things, and acting together with others — and why the modern age has come to dangerously undervalue the last and…
Without George Martin, The Beatles would never have been what they are.
The blues isn't just music. It's a way of life, a way to express yourself.
Lou Reed taught me that rock music can be Art with a capital A.
Outkast was the best part of my life. It shaped who I am
Young musicians bring freshness and innovation. That's what keeps art alive
Earth Wind & Fire inspired me more than any other group. They showed me what's possible
I have evolved beyond money, beyond fear, beyond doubt.
Education is the key to liberation and transforming lives
I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend.
I feel grateful for my life. I made mistakes, but I faced them and corrected them.
If you have a voice and a platform, you're obliged to use it for good. It's not a choice, it's a duty.
Art is not a luxury. It's a tool that helps us understand ourselves and the world around us.
I'm always learning and evolving. That's the secret to a long creative life.
Life teaches us through pain. I'm grateful for every trial because it made me who I am.
I am a diva. I know my worth. Respect has to be earned.
Giving to others is the only way to truly live. When you share, you become richer.
The E Street Band is my family. We grow together, suffer together, triumph together.
I named my guitar Lucille, and we've been through some good times together.
I've always written songs about people who struggle, dream and hope. That's America's story.
The blues is life itself. It's a feeling that lives in your heart.
When I write a song, I write for myself, not for the audience. If the song is honest, people will hear it.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T. That's what I want from you. That's what matters in life.
I Will Always Love You" is not just a song. It's my motto. Love yourself, love others, love life.
You are heirs to a tradition of service. Your generation must restore faith in the possibility of change.
I always write about ordinary people, their joys, sorrows and hopes. That's the universal language of music.
The future of cinema is in danger because people forget why we make films
Every day is a new chance to create something wonderful.
I wanted to leave while I could still give my best. It's about dignity and respect for your audience.
Prince was an inspiration to all of us. It was deeply painful to lose him.
Music is a dialogue. Each generation must speak about their pain, dreams and hopes.
I'm responsible for what I've created. The Police's music is part of cultural history.
Music is the language that speaks to the soul directly, without words.
I used a mirror to reflect what people need to see.
I never stop learning. Everyone I meet teaches me something new about music and life.