![There was no way I was ever going to get a fair shake. How good could I be? I was Canadian. I wasn't from New York. I wasn't from Vegas. I was born in 1975, not 1917. My last name wasn't Sinatra or Darin or Martin. Early on and often, there was always the comparison. "He's good, but he's no '[fill in the]blank.' "](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-was-no-way-i-was-ever-going-to-get-a-fair-shake-how-good-could-i-be-i-was.jpg)
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