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I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.

People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

I've always lived in a city.

I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.

I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico. She had a chapel in the home, right between the kitchen and dining room.

It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone.

I grew up in the East Village with a lot of old people in my building, and I'm not sure if they lost their sense of smell over the years, but they always seemed to smell like they poured a bottle of perfume on themselves. I never want to become that person.

I grew up playing with kids from Hurt Village, playing with kids from other housing projects, Lamar Terrace, because my grandmother lived in that particular area. So, I always wondered how I would have turned out if I would have lived in that particular given circumstance.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.