One thing we forget about Hispanics is that they're family-unit-oriented as a culture. So it's not all wild Mexican gangs out there, as is rumored.

I don't see myself stopping, even though it gets harder and harder. Especially when you find out that you can't really compromise because of age.

If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life.

Even though I play guitar, I don't do it publicly.

A warrior is not about perfection or victory or invulnerability. He's about absolute vulnerability.

In another couple of generations, we're really gonna see the effect of this single-parent raising. And I think that's the problem. That's the disconnect. That's the miscommunication.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.