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" Night after night in the '50s, I traveled all over New York City. The promoter had 10 acts, and the winner each night would get five dollars; second place would get three dollars, and third place would get two dollars. He always put the best acts on last so the people wouldn't walk out, and the worst acts went on first. He always put me on first. "

Tiny Tim

People

Best

Tiny Tim

Man

I Can

" In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story. "

" I keep recording and recording, but they always stay on the rack and never get out there. "

" As long as you're recording and they pay the fee, it's like a lottery ticket. You never stop trying. "

" I knew that someday I would be discovered. "

" Some of the best things in life cost just $2. "

" When a person attacks, it's rough. "

" I think they should give me a spot on 'Dallas' or 'Dynasty' or one of those shows. "

Tiny Tim

Dynasty

Think

" I love the past. I read about the past all the time. "

" My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own. "

" I always love the smell of a bat and a glove, or a hockey puck in the winter time. "

" At the start of the '50s, I had short hair. And I was getting nowhere. "

" If the cap ain't on my Crest, if it's squeezed from the middle and not the bottom, there's a problem. "

" I remember in '37 when trolley cars were so big in New York. It was five cents for a ride... There used to be open-air buses, and you could go up a spiral staircase and sit up on top. Those were great, great days. "

" I want to get a hit record, and I know I can be good in horror movies. "

" You sing fast and hope to get out. "

" Whenever I sang, I said to myself, 'Maybe tonight.' I would never let down, no matter how few people were listening. "

" I read in one of the scandal sheets that there are UFO aliens living right now down deep in the Antarctic. I believe those things. "

" I was trying to find an original style that didn't sound like Tony Bennett or anyone else. So I prayed about it, woke up with this high voice, and by 1954, I was going to amateur nights and winning. "

" There is nothing like youth. "

Tiny Tim

Nothing

Youth

" When I first went on the 'Johnny Carson show', the band did not want me, and Carson did not want me. If the audience had not received 'Tiptoe' so overwhelmingly, I do not believe Carson would have let me come over to be on the panel after the song. "

Tiny Tim

Want

Song

" I was in Australia in 1983 and did a stunt in a lion's cage. "

" I had this old wind-up phonograph when I was a kid, and I'd listen to records. And the radio. "

" As long as those pretty girls notice me, I don't care if they say, 'Ghastly, horrible'... I live for the beautiful angels. "

Tiny Tim

Beautiful

Care

" I always bring my little ukelele along in my shopping bag which my dear, sweet father bought me. After all, you just never know when a song might come along. "

" Don't bury me with anyone old. "

Tiny Tim

Anyone

Old

" One day in 1952, I woke up with a high voice. "

" There are a lot of ups and downs. But there are always people who have it worse. "

" I hope I don't give music a bad name. "

" I don't believe in Women's Liberation. No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. "