I'm A Horrible Karaoke Singer.

Magic Is The Only Profession Where It's Easy To Lie About Your Talent. If You Do A Trick And You Can Learn It Very Quickly, You Can Fool Somebody Into Thinking You're A Great Magician.

There Was An Old Brochure For The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts With A Quote From Robert Redford Or Someone, That Said, "you're Only As Good As You Dare To Be Bad."

Science And Technology Were Often Used By [the Magician Of Old], Even Before They Came Into The Marketplace On A Mass Basis. For Example, Prior To The Moving Picture Going Into Theatre, Magicians Were Using The Technique Of Images In Motion As Illusions In Their Shows. At That Time The Process Was So New, An Audience Perceived It As Magic. Also In The Early Stages Of Holograms Magicians Would Use These Images To Baffle And Mystify Their Fans. Hence, You Always Need To Stay One Step Ahead Of The Technology Game To "wow" The Audience.

When You're A Guy And Meet A Girl The First Time, You Do Whatever It Takes.

I Was 16 At The Time, And I Came Backstage And Started Hanging Out With Them. I Said, "well, Maybe You Can 'vanish' The Silk This Way." The Opening Was A Black Stage While The "magic To Do" Song Started Playing. All You Saw Were Hands, Lit By Jules Fisher, And Then Ben Vereen Would Appear Beyond The Hands, And At The End Of The Scene He Would Vanish A Silk. The Spotlight Would Hit A Red Spot On The Floor Where You'd See The Silk On The Floor. He'd Pull The Silk Out Of The Floor And It Became The Entire Set Coming Out Of The Floor.