and kenny g. went to a congressman who said, "well, you know, i do believe in the arts, but i'm just not going to vote for the n.e.a." and kenny looked right at him and said, "well, that's not very courageous, is it?" it's terrific. i have to believe that taking the job on at the national endowment for the arts required a couple of strong personality traits. one would be confidence; another would be courage. and as i look through the book, i looked for examples of those traits popping up early in your career. and the one event that you really only devote about a paragraph to-- but i was sort of stunned by your courage--was, you're at the white house; and you look across the room, and you see someone you decide you want to dance with. and you approached. [laughs] fred astaire. i asked fred astaire to dance. it's incredible courage. and what happened then? i don't think it takes a lot of courage. it just takes chutzpah. i--he turned me down. but the good thing was that shortly thereafter, the presid

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