It's One Thing To Dream, But When

California, In A Sense, Is Almost Starbucks' Largest Country, With Almost 3,000 Stores.

It's Ironic That No Matter Where I Go, I Meet People From Brooklyn. I'm Proud Of That Heritage. It's Where I'm From, Who I Am.

We Can't Wait For Washington. Business Leaders Are Going To Have To Galvanize Their Own Constituencies And Do Everything They Can To Demonstrate Confidence In The Economy, And I Think That Can Be Contagious.

Despite The Fact That Starbucks Has Grown To Be A Large Company. We've Always Played Music In Our Stores And Has Always Acted As An Opportunity To Create A Mood In Our Stores. And Customers Started Asking, "what Song Are You Playing And Can I Buy That?" . And We Said "no." And That Was Kind Of The Catalyst For Beginning To Look At Music. We Started Out With Our Own Compilations And After The Success Of That. We Had The Courage To Say, "let's Produce Our Own Record." And The First Record Was With Ray Charles Before He Unfortunately Passed Away.

When You Start A Company, It's A Singular Focus. You Have The Wind At Your Back.