We lived in St. Tropez when I was young, and there were a lot of Vietnamese refugees in France at the time, after the war. My mother had many Vietnamese friends who entertained a lot, and she was taught how to make that spring roll. She would make them all the time.

If I go to a nightclub, even if the music is good, if the sound system is not, I don't stay.

I had a passion for cooking, and I was a very bad student.

In New York there used to be some very good clubs with amazing sound systems. Techno was part of the process.

I am an audiophile. It's almost like a virus. I'm completely crazy about the quality of sound. It's interesting and painful at the same time; you have to really spend a lot of money on the equipment.

When I was twelve, I decided to become a chef. I stole a book from the library about the greatest restaurants in France. I'd flip the pages and dream. I should return that book to the library some day.

I don't like it when I go to a restaurant and I'm lectured from the menu.