“When I was 9 years old, we moved to Connecticut. We lived there for about 10 years. My mom got homesick, so we had to move back to Baltimore. I was actually culture shocked coming back here because [in] Connecticut, all my friends were Caucasian. And I was the only African American in school. So when I came back to Baltimore, I was like, ‘wow, I’m really culture shocked. I’ve never seen so many African Americans in one place.’”

“I’ve had two back surgeries, knee surgery, prostate cancer, [a] hernia, and I’m still ticking. The doctor told me when I retired not to sit still too long. So I get up in the morning at about eight o’clock, I take a shower, and I sit around the house. [I] take a walk around the block about three times, and I come home, listen to some music… I collect vinyl. I’m an avid Beatles fan. I’ve got all their albums. I think the one I find I most like is ‘We all live in a Yellow Submarine.’”