Some more interesting news about Taylor from an Alabama paper:
Taylor was in New Orleans for a wedding on the Friday before Katrina hit. His flight out was cancelled and he needed to get to Las Vegas for the audition!! He chartered a taxi to Munroe, Louisiana, for $400, and was able to fly out from there to LV. It was THAT close that he almost didn’t make the audition…
Fate works in strange ways...
>>>He chartered a taxi to Munroe, Louisiana, for $400<<<
Sounds to me like Hicks is already affluent, and is not doing AI for the money.