We've got the best music never heard of. Actually you've heard it you just don't know it, I mean when you've had a thousand songs cut and been in the top 10 on the charts for eight years straight, you know something's got to happen.

Our goal is to have top- notch performers with top- notch music, not here-today- gone-tomorrow musicians. How long can we take the repetition of what's popular right now? What makes great music possible is the songs.

I hate films about music. And I've watched a lot of them and some are wonderful films. And there's always that moment sometimes when the actress or actor picks up the guitar or the violin and you know they ain't really playing.

Our challenge is to get someone who has never been to the festival to buy a ticket for a show that they haven't been to before, artists that they don't know. But that's our reputation now. People hadn't heard of Todd Snider before we brought him here and the people who keep coming expect that. They will find something new that they loved by the time the weekend is over.

It's the best group of interest we've had yet. We are so impressed we decided to put them on the main stage for an hour before the rest of the schedule gets started. They deserve the exposure.

At one point, I felt like we were running a music school. We had Emily practicing the cello and Rachel practicing the flute.