I've always had a slightly different view of the Lincoln
Memorial. I mean it's a place of celebration, for most people a
place to go see on your vacation. For me it was always kind of a
dark and somber and unhappy place. And the reason is, when I was
a kid, I grew up in this area, so my parents would bring me down
here on occasion. But because we lived in the area it was sunny
days that we came down. We didn't have to force ourselves to see
it in the rain. Suppose whenever I saw Lincoln I was out in the
sunshine. But he's sitting there in the dark. He's sitting not
only in the dark but he's at the back of this building, looking
down, looking sad, you know, you know, of course to a child if
you look down and you sit in the dark you're a sad person. So he
always felt very sad to me. So I never particularly liked the
Lincoln Memorial 'cause it had this sad feeling. And it was even
more because of the Doric columns, there was the beautiful
columns in front. But, when I was a kid that just seemed like
prison bars.