Everybody had trepidation. But were we going to put out another album that [follows trends], or were we going to challenge ourselves? We wanted to keep ourselves interested.

You know how the English are always like, 'It's so rainy, that's why we're so miserable'? Come to Montreal! You're somebody who thinks you've been through bad weather, and you have no clue. Shut up.

There is a little bit of trepidation about getting into those kind of operations.

As the cliché goes, ’The best defense is a good offense.’ Go forward be aggressive. Don’t give your fears or competition a chance to pin you down. Trepidation and loss of confidence come with a defensive posture. Attack the problem, attack the market, attack the competition, and you are proceeding positively. Fear will melt and confidence will rise.

There's a lot of trepidation out there about earnings, ... A lot of times, the complexion of markets is what the household names are doing. A couple of weeks ago it was about IBM ( Research ) and Apple ( Research ). Today, it looks like the focus is on Amazon, and that can shape the market -- at least in the early going.

The response has been great, even from smokers.