I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were … - Dat Phan

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To be able to do one thing at a time is the whole art of life.

Dat Phan

I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were times when I stayed up for 36 hours straight. I slept in shopping mall parking lots. A stand-up gig paid $35; then I could eat for another few days until the next gig. Literally, I was performing to live.

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When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.

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I learned that money's not happiness. The more famous I am and the more money I make, the closer I stay to my family and friends that I've known since junior high school. True happiness to me is the connection with fellow human beings I've known for a long time.

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