This competition highlights the strengths of the new system. You can have rankings but still have people be very close. read more

This competition highlights the strengths of the new system. You can have rankings but still have people be very close. The new system allows for unpredictability.

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired read more

[It's a model that Alfred Hitchcock drew on for many of his movies.] If there was a film that inspired me in writing 'Panic,' it was 'North by Northwest,' ... Those are my favorite Hitchcock films -- the ones where ordinary, everyday people are going about their lives, and they take this dramatic left turn.

We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our read more

We didn't play a lick of defense. We played with our heads down and there was poor coaching on our part.

The best thing is the surroundings. You're in the middle of the forest and you have a river flowing next read more

The best thing is the surroundings. You're in the middle of the forest and you have a river flowing next to the hot springs.

After I graduated, I was like, OK, what do I do now? ... And nothing was as great as playing read more

After I graduated, I was like, OK, what do I do now? ... And nothing was as great as playing in a band with R.L. So I just called and said, 'What if I just moved to Kansas City?'

I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was read more

I got off stage and this guy walked up to me. He's like this ball of energy. His name was Lawrence Mathis, a manager. He said. 'I like what you're doing, and I'd like to talk to you. What are your plans? What are you doing?' I said, 'You caught me at a bad time, because I'm probably moving home in a couple of months.' But I met with him that next Monday and told him what was going on. He said, 'Give me a year to work with you.' I said, 'l don't have a year. I've got six months, at best.' He said, 'All right. Six months.' Five weeks later we got offered a deal from Broken Bow.

They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot read more

They met on the streets of Seattle, ... The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.

It took her, like, 7 1/2 hours to get home yesterday,

It took her, like, 7 1/2 hours to get home yesterday,

It's elimination time and we were kind of tight. When the home run came it gave us a relief. That read more

It's elimination time and we were kind of tight. When the home run came it gave us a relief. That team is tough.