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Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better, or more effective, role model.

Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.

I guess people assume I have some sort of totally magical life, but I'm a working musician, fortunately. I've worked on my craft, and I'm very fortunate I've been able to survive in a very competitive industry and enjoy my success. It's not easy.

My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.

I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.

But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.

I lived job-to-job before 'Magic Mike.' It certainly has meant a lot to me from a financial standpoint.

I don't have a career. I have a life.

When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.

I've done a lot of things in my life.