I mean I'm in the business of storytelling not message making.

I know the history of the record business so well because I followed Billie Holiday into the record studios. It was so primitive compared to the sophisticated business today.

You know I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and 'behind the scenes ' and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.

Behind every small business there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities the restaurants cleaners gyms hair salons hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.

Nicole will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know we always honor her birthday.

And for the city's birthday we will host events in every neighborhood of the city inviting all of our residents to share in the celebration of Boston's great epic - the story of neighbors who support one another where it matters most.

The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember people's birthdays.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.