Our strength was that overall, we had a bunch of kids do well.

Our strength was that overall, we had a bunch of kids do well.

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For read more

We love the concept of someone becoming a star through a process that started with their local radio stations. For us the Showdown is like having hundreds of talent scouts evaluating tens of thousands of artists.

I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.

I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.

Chad brings the bulk of the ideas to the table, and we all polish and rework the ideas he comes read more

Chad brings the bulk of the ideas to the table, and we all polish and rework the ideas he comes up with. He's such an accomplished songwriter. He wrote a song for ('American Idol' runner-up) Bo Bice, Enrique Iglesias - he's got that ear to be a musical chameleon and get into the zone of an artist. And he can't help but write a song you can hum along to. And that voice, you know it when you hear it.

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had read more

Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but read more

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank read more

It's weird that people get rewarded for being the millionth fan, or visitor, and the first one gets nothing. Thank you for not appreciating my work before 999,999 people, here's a gift.