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What I love about jazz is that it's full of legends, full of myths. It's an oral history because it started in New Orleans and Kansas City, under the radar.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: About Because City Full History Jazz Kansas Kansas City Legends Love Myths New New Orleans Oral Orleans Radar Started I Love

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First time that I cried at a work of art was at a drum solo that I saw. A drummer named Winard Harper, part of the Billy Taylor Trio, gave back in - I would have been in high school - 2005 or something.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Art Back Been Billy Cried Drum Drummer First First Time Gave High High School Named Part Saw School Solo Something Taylor Time Trio Work Would

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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Discipline Home Like Movies Specific Subculture Very World

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I do truly believe that the smallest stories can wind up being the biggest because it's through the specific that a writer can best access the universal.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Access Because Being Believe Best Biggest Smallest Specific Stories Through Truly Universal Up Wind Writer

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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Always Bloody Constantly Ears Hands Like Ringing Through Tomorrow Were

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I've always wanted to make movies that are fever dreams.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Always Dreams Fever Make Movies Wanted

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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Casting Directing Feel Like Lot I Feel I Feel Like

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Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Born Charlie Charlie Parker Mozart Parker

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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: About Actually Almost Any Art Art Forms Different Equal Form Forms Improvisation Insane Jazz Jazz Musicians Kind Level Most Music Musicians Musicianship Other Play Precise Real Required Sense Some Ways World

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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Combining Create Effect Emotional Film How Idea Images Language Love Music Musicians Similarly Sounds Use Using Way I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 19th, 1985

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