Now I get exposure first with people directly in the clubs. This is a unique situation for me.
As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.
The one thing I could do with my eyes closed is my Grandma's schnecken.
I'll never understand those greasy little deep-fried wings most bars serve.
I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.
If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil.
If you're going to start a fire, why cook just one chicken?
When I was young, I would make my parents breakfast in bed on Saturday mornings.
Sweet Washington cherries and Walla Walla onions are two of my favorite local treats.
I think every young cook wants to write a book.
It's shameful what's happening in this country in terms of what we deny our children.
New Orleans is awake all night, and every night is a party.
My wife Susi and my kids quite simply are the most fun of all my friends.
There are certain storylines I shouldn't have done, there are certain actors I shouldn't have cast - guest stars, I mean.
When people are grownups they're grown ups. They make their own decisions you know.
We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day.
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books.
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.
