I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.

Perform as many times as you can in front of people you don't know.

That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show.

The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.

I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employed, then you're successful.

That's kind of what we have here. I think we've just grown apart, we have different philosophies, and we're going in different directions.