I'm comfortable and confident about the future.

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.

We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.

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

I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.

Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.

It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.