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" " I was the American Idol of 1956 , because I won a contest sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and they sent me to Atlantic City to sing my songs , " she muses , about the generational differences of breaking into the music industry.To backtrack further , Collins ' musical talent came partly from her father Chuck , a radio personality and singer who often brought her on stage to sing with him , and partly from her training as a classical pianist – she had her first public recital with an orchestra at 13.Beethoven and Rachmaninoff held her fancy until she discovered folk music in the late ' 50s , getting involved with the Denver Folklore Society . I am the American Sailor . The fact that I 'm an American journalist made it that much harder to visit North Korea . But if I were an American historian , I would be hoppin ' . ' I am not an American , ' Mark Twain said , ' I am the American . And if I were an American , I would say if we are going to provide arms in the future to any Arab country in the area , we will not do that unless that country first comes to terms with the existence of Israel . I was the comedian ’ s comedian , which made Malcolm the comedian ’ s comedian ’ s comedian . Dayton Duncan , producer and co-writer of the Ken Burns documentary about Mark Twain , explains the background and use of the " I am the American " quote that has come under question since the film was completed . I 'm an American Historian but the Holocaust is a big deal to me because when I grew up in New York ... Benny : While Monique was in the show in Germany , I was the comedian for the Playboy 's Girls of Rock & Roll show at Caesar 's Tahoe with Simone Eden as the Playmate in the show . I 'm an American before all else ; I 'm an American first and a Conservative Republican second . I was the American teacher to take ... I 'm an American , not a European-American . `` That 's how I know I 'm an American . The Foreign Office representative , as I recall , was Roger Makins , who was subsequently the British Ambassador here ; and I was the American representative . Originally I was the American columnist for a British publication , so what I mostly did in the early days was try to explain some of the oddities of American life to the Brits . As Twain himself said ( with his own touch of hyperbole , but also a sense of truth ) , " I am not an American ; I am the American . I must admit that if I were an American or British statesman I would not neglect preparations for a possible military defense . I do n't think anything bad about Germany or the Germans because I myself am German , and even if I were an American , I would n't base my opinion about a country on a hate group .