I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.
AL LEWISI worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio.
AL LEWISI went to all the Love-Ins. I took my kids. I enjoyed myself.
AL LEWISYou think you can do it better? Hey, go right ahead. The stage is yours.
AL LEWISDo they have a right? You’re damn right they have a right!
AL LEWISThe United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world – right after the Civil War.
AL LEWISI prefer that for my own satisfaction over radio, there’s no audience. TV, there’s no audience. I need the response of the audience, even if it’s a silent response.
AL LEWISI know who I am. I don’t have to brag. I know what I contributed. I know what I did.
AL LEWISI probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don’t exist.
AL LEWISThe most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America’s ever had.
AL LEWISBut find something that you absolutely love doing. And then get to love the way you do it. That’s the uniqueness of all of us. That’s it.
AL LEWISAmerica gets the politicians they deserve. That’s it. And you keep struggling.
AL LEWISWhat motivated me? My mother. My mother was an immigrant woman, a peasant woman, struggled all her life, worked in the garment center.
AL LEWISI think people need housing. And there’s empty buildings, I think people should live in there.
AL LEWISThe ruling class is smarter than you, and they’re more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain.
AL LEWISEvery Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I’d take them all to dinner. All runaways.
AL LEWISI have an old brain but a terrific memory.
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