I must have sounded like a 12-year-old girl when I worked with him.

Anyone who worked with Michael knows what a great room-jarring laugh he had. He was your best audience for anything remotely funny.

We market to people that are forward thinking and like the energy of the urban lifestyle. We find in Nashville and in other cities, the gay and lesbian community is often the driver of this trend.

There is more of a diverse group in The Gulch than anywhere else in Nashville. It's an interesting, alive community and ICON is the first of many changes down there.

I mentioned to a mutual friend this morning that he had a calming influence on me. Which I needed in that transitional period following the departure of the great Joe O'Brien.

He got around to everyone during the week and that's when he told me anyway and he went around to everyone individually and spoke to everyone.