We had to change a lot of things with her. Once she learned and adapted to our system, it was like opening up and saying 'here you go.

I learned the system and got better with it through the year. But I was only there, what, like four months? Those guys had been together for three years.

The girls are enjoying the ride. I told them if you want keep the ride going, you can't underestimate anyone or look ahead.

We grew earnings per diluted share by 85 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2006, so it represents the most difficult earnings comparison for the coming year.

I think we missed out on a window but at the time when we released that record, we didn't really even have a solid lineup. Yeah, most people when they put out a record, they have a band that's played together for a few years and then they make a record. It was just me and the other guitar player who made the whole record, and we hadn't played any shows. I met the bass player at the photo shoot. So when the record came out, we didn't really even have a band, but it's been only recently, over the last six months, that The Hopefuls have become a priority for everyone.

People generally think that all Minnesotans are just kind of naively nice. I don't think that's the case.