That's all true. On the other hand, a lot of the contestants are 20-30 years younger than me and I don't have a very high opinion of how the education system has developed. The students they've spit out into real life just don't seem to have as well-rounded an education as we used to get. My education was nowhere near as good as my grandfather's. He only went through eighth grade, yet he knew as much as I probably did after completing high school. At this rate, they're going to turning out idiots in another 50 years.

I've been on stage so I know the pressure. My mind goes on automatic pilot which is a good place for my mind to be. :-)