this is meeting with frances taylor. >> hey, give me a 20 spot. sure, miles. here you go. you later. ♪ (footsteps) >> hi. i'm miles davis. know. frances taylor. >> look, this is my phone number. now you don't have to stare. bye-bye. >> bye. (phone ringing) >> rose: man had style, didn't he? >> yeah, yeah. you know... >> rose: what was the hardest part? ing this -- acting, music,fring directing, writing. >> yeah. it was a lot, you know. and something that, a few years ago, i was trying to find another director actually to take that part of it on. but everyone i talked to after i kind of pitched him the idea and showed him the script, they're, like, this is yours? why would i direct this? this is your vision. you've got to direct your own vision. i said, because i don't want to die. i want to make it to the end of it. but, you know, it was ultimately the only way that we were going to get it made was if i wore all those hats, so i did it. >> rose: how did he view his life? did he believe that he had shown the world his talent, that he had been able to be what he was born to