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

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.

As a high wire walker, I do not allow myself to 'leave the wire' during a performance.

I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.

It's very normal - when you're not used to the world of the high wire, it's very normal to be simply terrified. The reason I'm not is because I've done it for so many years.

It is treacherous on a high wire to change your focus point and suddenly look down.