These items are not souvenirs people can buy on the streets. These are cultural items of a country with a rich heritage.

What's happened - in our country, anyhow - is that the young people have shied away from the formality of the concert hall, that tie - and - tails philharmonic image.

The feather tapestry really speaks of royalty in Peru. I don't know if you can put a price on that.

Think of the police officer in the dead of night, working in the rain, and he sees that on someone. Think about what his reaction could be. That's a tragedy in the making.

We're expecting people from across the country and even from Europe. Country music is on the upswing again, and everyone wants to learn the latest dances.

If Katrina did anything, it woke people up to the power of Mother Nature. When Katrina hit this country, it was in a city that everyone knew and those folks looking at the TV camera looked like folks we knew.