I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street.

I was thrown out of different schools because I was practicing my arts - magic, juggling, and the high wire.

I have been expelled from five different schools when I was a kid. And I learned basically all what I do by myself.

I've been arrested many times for illegal high wire walking and illegal street performing.

The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simple path. It's straight. You don't have meanders like, you know, on the ground, in life.

I have been performing in the street for more than 50 years: magic for basically 60 years, and the high wire 45 years. The beauty of it is that it's never the same. It's never easy. And yet, part of my art is to make it look easy.