Jim Olsen Quotations

We had pretty much a packed room the whole night.

A lot of it for us is little things. You know, when Jeffrey Foucault was playing, I was happy that the editors of No Depression and Performing Songwriter were there. I think for all of our artists, just having a little bit of a profile here is a good thing.

If there's a problem with gift certificates, most consumers aren't aware of it. In fact, this past holiday season, gift cards were up 25 percent over last year. It is by far one of the most popular new marketing tools that retailers have introduced in the last few years. We would love to work with Rep. Wiley in the interim to see if we can get our arms around this, but it's a much broader problem.

The closer we can get to one rate, the easier it is to administer and the less likelihood mistakes are made. We're very much in favor of simplifying it with one rate.