Science and technology were often used by [the magician of old], even before they came into the marketplace on a mass basis. For example, prior to the moving picture going into theatre, magicians were using the technique of images in motion as illusions in their shows. At that time the process was so new, an audience perceived it as magic. Also in the early stages of holograms magicians would use these images to baffle and mystify their fans. Hence, you always need to stay one step ahead of the technology game to "WOW" the audience.

Magicians are the people who began to use film as an illusion on stage.

In magic, it takes two or three years for me to create a 5-minute illusion for me to get it to the level I want.

Never stop listening to your audience.

You can feel better about yourself in a very short period of time depending on the kind of magic that you are doing.

I have a bunch of islands in the Bahamas that we made into this amazing, magical place. And we have these birds; they're trained to do certain things on the island, which is awesome. These toucans had a baby toucan, and the baby toucan, every hour that you'd look at this toucan, he would change.

The first trick I bought at Macy's was a little wooden board where a quarter would appear and disappear.