I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.

Building a professional relationship on respect as opposed to affection is a very good idea. Running your art projects the way you'd run a dry-cleaning business is also a really good idea. You shouldn't go into work like you're going on a date, like you're hanging out with friends.

I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.

I came to magic absolutely hating magic on a very, very deep level.

Hypocrisy is annoying but not evil. Someone who says one thing and does another has doubled their chances of being half right.

In music, if you hit a wrong note, people forgive you. In magic when something goes wrong, the entire art is destroyed.

Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference.