So much relies on the singer I thought the best way to avoid that problem was to become the singer!
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Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

