“Boyd is kind of an archetype, the gruff old guy who fixes everything. And so what I really like to do when I’m working is I really like to find out who the human being is in that person, and try to bring that part out. Sometimes you could play the character in just a…

“I have been interested and active in a very small way in the prison system in America, which is really abysmal. So I was immediately drawn to Mayor of Kingstown because that’s what it’s about. The racism, the horrible racism, the poverty, and the constant injustices in our justice system. So I was very, very…

“You can make a particular statement by the dynamic of the whole record – A part of what I do has to revolve around conventional commerce. Like you put out an album because then it’s a group of songs and it’s new, and it’s all there, and you can make a particular statement by the…

“I loved when we came back, and we did the show again in 2015. In fact, one of my favorite lines in the whole thing was with David’s character, Gordon Cole; he says to me, you know, “I told them to fix their hearts or die.” It was this line about people that distrusted me…