We don't have a vested interest in piling things on. The most he would probably get was 25 years.

No man is a failure who has friends.

I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows.

He'd have a natural interest in what a Russian spymaster had to say, ... It turned out later that he was the person Hanssen originally sent his letter to apply for his job at the KGB.

I don't have any interest in doing something that's weak musically.

It is not in your interest to pull one over on the other side and get them to make a bad deal. You want the situation to be justifiable and reasonable while getting what you want. The two of you might be doing deals in the future.