The end of the animal trade would leave more time to trap or beat to death pop star wannabes.

My dad did teach me a very important lesson about people when he explained to me that everybody around you will have an invisible sign on their head, which says, "Make me feel important."

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

We felt the time was right to open up the boundaries, and say to all of America, regardless of your age, whether you're 2, whether you're 100, regardless of what you believe your talent is - juggling, magic, singing - this is the show you can enter. It's as simple as that.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

Praise a stranger with a few nice words and he becomes a stranger that calls you a friend.

I'm a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you're OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.