I'd get more applause than some because I was just seventeen. If they didn't clap at the end of my act I would limp off stage and boy would they feel guilty. They would all burst into tremendous applause as they saw this poor cripple kid walking off.
“I can remember sittin' in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin' until somebody got done so I could finish what they left.”
“I'm aware of the writers who have previously received the Gold Dagger and I'm honoured to have my name on the same page.”