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People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.

I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.

The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort.

I wanted to do something where I could hang my hat.

I'd stand on a coffee table, and my cousin Edith would give me dimes, and you put the dimes on your head... And when your forehead was full, show was over.

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

I could stand in the street and sing and get enough to pay the bills. I don't need millions of dollars.

My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.

I'd go fishing and always pretend I would catch the biggest fish. I'd stay out there for hours after everybody else left until I caught something. When I shot baskets, I was always the coach and star player and always made the winning shot.