I wanted to be a pilot. I loved flying and I loved all the technology and the equipment and the sense of adventure that came with it. I think that feeling still bleeds over into everything I do today.

Brown frames an early ambition—becoming a pilot—as more than a childhood whim: it is a formative attraction to risk, mastery, and complex systems. The emphasis on “technology and the equipment” suggests a temperament drawn to tools, precision, and problem‑solving, while “sense of adventure” points to novelty-seeking and comfort with uncertainty. By saying the feeling “still bleeds over” into his work, he implies continuity between youthful desire and adult vocation: the same motivations now express themselves through different mediums. The quote functions as a self-explanation of creative or professional drive, grounding present identity in a persistent fascination with flight’s blend of romance and engineering.