They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

This is the great challenge: to maintain passion for the everyday routine and the endlessly repeated act, to derive deep gratification from the mundane.

The law of diminishing returns is something I really believe in.

Any job worth doing is worth doing well. But to be able to do that, you have to do it over and over again.

Success is measured by the memories you create.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

A cookbook must have recipes, but it shouldn't be a blueprint. It should be more inspirational; it should be a guide.

Respect for food is respect for life, for who we are and what we do.

For me, thats one of the important things about cooking. What was good enough yesterday may not be good enough today.

You have to be driven. You have to be focused. You have to be aware.

Music give infinite strength.

Ien stopped her voice with more kisses, more promises of a world filled with only them.

You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green.

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

A short attention span makes all of your perceptions and relationships shallow and unsatisfying.

The guy who trains the hardest, the most, wins.

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer.

When I couldn't speak English, I loved silent films circa 1914-1929, Abel Gance being my favorite director.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.