We have gotten a reputation. People can see a good country show close up and also see the carnival and exhibits. I'm sure they come back year after year because they are well treated and they like what they are seeing.

I know country people who have The Carnival.

Carnies built this country, the carnival part of it anyway.

Most county fairs today, even bigger fairs, don't have the quality of country entertainment we have had.

It's California I'm worried about. I don't want you to become a laughingstock, a carnival or the beginning of a circus in America where we just throw people out as soon as they make a tough decision. . . . Don't do this. Don't do this.

We think they are endangering the economy of our country, that they are endangering the image and the reputation of our country and the strength of our social fabric.