"I wish I could play bass like..." - Quote by Anthony Bourdain

“I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective.”

“Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.”

“I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence.”

“I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.”

“In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'”

“Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring.”

“Inspiration follows aspiration.”

“If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?”

“Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.”