Famous quotes by Tom Connelly:
"People who didn't care for Mike play up the negative stuff. There were a lot of vocal folks who were anti-Mike. He was unpopular if the person who he was investigating was your trainer."
"Some people thought we made a mistake in not hiring a horse guy."
"There were many personal attacks, and Mike was in the cross-hairs of those attacks. It got to him."
"What he had in mind was something in the government, but he never mentioned FEMA."
"We negotiated a separation, but the writing was on the wall. The feeling of the group was that Mike was overly aggressive. People have heroes in our industry, and David Boggs is one of those. When he got thrown out for five years, it upset people."
"It's just like battle of the bands, but with classic rock. It's not all about contemporary music. Classic rock still has great resonance with today's audiences ... both young and old."
"There were several independent judges -- some of them from Brook Mays Music -- that selected 24 bands out of 60, then 12 and finally three."
