It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed.

The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.

What stands out to me in America was all the police vs. citizens turmoil. It's decades of bad policing, bad schooling, racism, bigotry and other factors finally spilling into mainstream culture. I would like to see America evolve on how the laws are enforced on the streets.

I want to learn more about the world. It makes me want to get up and go.

What I've found is that a lot of soldiers are surprisingly apolitical. Their reality is, "Today I'm going to leave the gate for twelve hours, and I'm going to make it back to the dining facility by sundown with the arms and legs of me and my buddies intact."

I'm mellower now, I'm over 50. But I don't think I'm too mellow. I'm still angry at a lot of things.

I never think of what it's going to be like later. I only think in the present tense. The only time I think backwards is when I have to reissue something.