Michael Davis
Michael Davis
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We were like a bouncing ball. We didn't really have any direction or management. We were trying to be organized from within. We didn't have anyone saying 'keep going with this' or anyone that was out promoting us with any effect. We were doing it ourselves and we were not getting anywhere. Trying to make our own little singles and what else can you do? We didn't have any kind of patrons.
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We had all this kind of freedom and 'get out of your head' kind of stuff and at the same time, we were trying to establish ourselves in the business. These two things are really difficult to bring together.
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As producers, we've kind of gotten over ourselves in terms of being ironic, ... There is something post-ironic about My Kind of Town . We're not trying to be cool and smart and clever. This show definitely isn't that.
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The last thing I'm going to do is run around town trying to tell anybody that darts is going to be the next poker, ... but darts had a lot to recommend it to American television. It fits into that intersection of American popular culture and sports and regular life, which poker has readily occupied. So there are some similarities.
I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.
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The worst thing is the dog hair, and the best thing is just knowing that he's back there.
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The things that people really want aren't the things that are traditionally given away on television.
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You get bored just riding around by yourself all the time.
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We are asking for people to rummage through their attics and storerooms to see if they have anything which could be of interest to us.
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We had all these things to deal with- houses full of people and John going to jail, guys from New York saying 'don't worry about anything.' So it was really confusing.
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We've gotten ahead of ourselves for a couple of months now, ... Right now people are on hold because some of these valuations do look a little high. I think people are just waiting for further confirmation that things are going to spill out into the earnings field.
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I was not a musician at the time. I had an acoustic guitar and I used to sing folk music and Bob Dylan songs. I loved rock and roll though.
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My belief is he is going to change.
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We need more ingredients, ... Most of the technology companies have demonstrated improving margins and sequential revenue growth. The foundation is setting up for a recovery, but the market has come pretty far in a short period of time. We need some more conviction coming into August. I think we're going to trade sideways for the near term.