There Are No Ordinary Lives.

Wynton Told Us That Miles Sold Out, Just Wanted To Make More Money, Just Wanted To Sell More Records. I Don't Believe That Miles Sold Out But I'm Not In A Position To Say.

I Think We Continually Need To Understand How Important An Event The War Was - How Defining, How Central To Who We Are. Everything That Came Before It Led Up To It, And Everything Of Importance To This Country - At Least Up To 1940 - Was A Consequence Of It. Even Now There's An Echo Of The War, However Faint, In Almost Everyone's Life.

There Are No Ordinary Lives.

History Isn't Really About The Past - Settling Old Scores. It's About Defining The Present And Who We Are.

Like A Layer On A Pearl, You Can't Specifically Identify The Irritant, The Moment Of The Irritant, But At The End Of The Day, You Know You Have A Pearl.