I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.

To make magic credible on screen is always very difficult. The story is the most important thing. That is what should win. If sacrifices or compromises are made, it's usually for story. Story in magic is very, very important to me. That's what I've really championed through my career.

When you're a guy and meet a girl the first time, you do whatever it takes.

Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a trick like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, then you could be on The Ed Sullivan Show as an 8-year-old kid.

I discovered that magic tricks got me more attention from the girls in my class when I was nine - so a magician was born!

I think the negative reinforcement really helped me in my very beginnings.

The key is for the audience never to know, so I have a plan B for every illusion.