If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business.

I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream.

I'm at my most productive before I even have my first cup of coffee. I only get slower and stupider as the day progresses.

I'm a guy who should not have a lot of free time. But when it comes to vacation, I like to pull the plug completely. It's all about my daughter - I'm no longer the star of my own movie.

One of the things is challenging yourself to do a Rome show when everybody's done a Rome show. To find some aspect of food culture or chef culture that people can look at in a new way.

Don't dunk your nigiri in the soy sauce. Don't mix your wasabi in the soy sauce. If the rice is good, complement your sushi chef on the rice.

A good, stinky French cheese or a good Stilton. These are things I really, really love. Dessert I can obviously live without.