I was born in a world of opera, theatre, films, poetry, art, and therefore, out of the wire, I made a stage. That's why they call me a high wire artist.

I was not born into the world of the stuntman and the daredevil; I was born into the world of theater and writing and sculpting and classical music.

I was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1943.

If I had been born in the circus, my parents would have pushed me on that little high wire at four years old. That's when the body is most limber to learn those acrobatics.

I am the poet of the high wire - I never do stunts; I do theatrical performances.

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