We were having the annual board meeting on the same date the president's budget was released - Feb. 6. We certainly didn't expect this.

Overall, it would dilute the significance of the designation that we are a National Heritage Area.

I don't want everybody to see exactly where I live, what my sofa or my fireplace looks like.

They'll see it. And it doesn't matter if they don't. It's only Rock 'n' Roll. But I do intend to move more into the Mainstream. Marilyn Manson is just the First phase.

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.