My mother pretty much raised me to be a free spirit. Anything my father would say, she would tell me, 'No, it's like this.' 
Whenever I cook, I think of Spanish music, so I always have to listen to some sort of salsa. It gets your body going. 
Lamb is such a beautiful thing. 
I'm naturally a nice person. I'm not trying to have any problems with people. I'm done with the drama and trouble. I want a stress-free life. 
I pick and choose my battles, but I overthink everything because I have to think about everything. 
It's an accompaniment to life. It's not something that I do to rap; I smoke when I open my eyes ... I don't know any other feeling. 
Shoot eagles on the Jack Nicklaus course,Porsche with the triple exhaust,
Seats soft like a midget's cough ...
I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that. 
I would say I started rapping because my friends were doin' it. 
I don't put people down. I build people up. That's how I always wanna be looked at. 
'Molto Mario' was the show that sparked my entire interest in cooking. 
All I believe in is food and myself. 
As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy. 
Anything that catches my ear, I'm into. Things that are different, that change what you're listening to. 
I'm not just a normal guy. I'm a gymnast. 
I come from a musical family as well as a culinary family. 
Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy,Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.
I live in the moment, and I reflect later. 
When you start putting too much thought into it, the music starts getting too revealing. You don't need to know all my inner thoughts. 
The first rappers I ever got into were Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep, and Nas. Those are the guys. Those are the dudes that flipped my wig. 
You can make a hit song in 15 minutes. I don't know about someone else's song, but songs that people like of mine, I've created in 15 minutes or less. 
I don't even remember the last time I bought an album, honestly. 
I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well. 
Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music. 
When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down. 
No one raps about food like I do. I rap about fine dishes - like, all kinds of things that only real chefs and real foodies are going to know about. 