We have done business there for many, many years.

We were making these nice Western shirts, and I needed something different to justify the additional expense. That's when we came up with snaps. We sold it as a shirt for cowboys, one that would be a break-away shirt and wouldn't get hung up like buttons might.

Denver is like Washington, D.C.. We've got so many government workers that labor is really expensive. That's why we are in Tennessee.

What the hell would I do if I retired? I come in every morning, and after lunch we go to the bank and then to the house. I get in a good half-day's work, which is enough for me.

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.

[D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) said M.R. Beal initially got District business because it was minority-owned but has since performed as well as any of its bigger Wall Street competitors.] They are part of our minority contractors program, ... But they have also done a very good job for us in terms of getting us excellent rates on our bonds.