“When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times.... I learned very early in life that 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain’t got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend – without a song.' So I keep singing a song.”

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