[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite read more

[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite collecting items and areas of interest.] There can be little doubt that Americana collectors are increasing in numbers, ... With each auction we see new categories of collectibles emerging, many with selling prices that seem to be giving previously obscure items new value.

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me read more

My parents are responsible for the two things I like doing most - driving and magic tricks. They bought me my first go-kart and a magician's kit.

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine read more

[During her sabbatical, she said, she would often sit in her backyard in Venice, Calif., thinking and playing with pine cones.] I was making little pine-cone people with razor blades, ... That's all I did.

I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people read more

I don't understand people who don't like good production. It drives me crazy. We hear all the time from people who prefer the way our first records sounded, but if we had more money and time back then, we would have made them sound better. I always want our albums to sound more polished, as they say. Polished is the point for what we do.

We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years read more

We have the experience and the drive to win it all. We have been dreaming since we were five years old of carrying home a state championship.

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

We had three balls hit to the infield that were all taken care of.

We had three balls hit to the infield that were all taken care of.

He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there.

He got there late and I briefed him. I'm not sure he didn't follow my lead out there.

That's one of the largest betrayals. People have been led into this false sense of security.

That's one of the largest betrayals. People have been led into this false sense of security.