On rock 'n' roll 'n' advertising:
I'm a child of the sixties, a product of rock 'n' roll. Actually, it's fair to say rock led me to advertising - it gave me the chance to experience how good it feels to do something creative. So when I started looking for a way to make a living, I looked for that good feeling. Only advertising qualified. It felt like rock 'n' roll. The business was young, creative, fast- paced, with wall-to-wall carpeting, an air conditioned office, a steady paycheck - an attractive combination when you've been working nights in a mill to pay for college.
On his first jobs:
After two dozen interviews, I landed my first job in Boston - without pay. The guy who "hired" me said, "Kid, it's summer, people are on vacation, so find an empty office, and we'll give you a chance to do the jobs no one else wants to do." When summer ended, I got my first paying job at Chirurg & Cairns in Hartford. From there, I went to Horton Church & Goff in Providence where I teamed up with an account guy named Bruce Leonard. Bruce and I developed a relationship based on mutual respect for each other's discipline - and that provided the foundation for our own agency.