We allege that my clients went to NASCAR with the ideas, that they spoke with upper levels of management and that we had an oral agreement with them.

It's probably stretching a little to call it 'auction management,' but it's a good tool.

Do you think there's any possibility you could get CBS management to split your salary up amongst the rest of us?

Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.

From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.