Why can't we have a concert with food? Your typical cooking demonstration, there's just no enthusiasm. There's no energy behind it. I said, 'What if we take a cooking demonstration and fortify it with a lot of good music? ... Drive it to the next level?'

We're getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there's people that are not with their families. There are people that are in dangerous areas, putting their lives on the line to keep our country free, and I think that's something we should all celebrate every day.

My stay-married secret would probably be exercising good communication, not when you have to but all the time. I think if you do that, you kinda just cleanse the situations, so there's not build up. I think that's probably the best way to do it.

I once saw professional soccer up there in Seattle, the Sounders. I went and saw that. I'm not a big soccer fan, but watching a live game is unbelievable. And then I went to Italy and saw a soccer match; it's something everyone should do once. It'll blow your mind.

The men and women in the Armed Forces, that's what I always think about and what I teach my kids about. We're getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there's people that are not with their families.

My first words were always about food - I grew up in northern California, and when I was 10 years old, I had my own pretzel cart business.

I've always been an eccentric, a rocker at heart. I can't play the guitar, but I can play the griddle.

One of my good buddies is Steve Hutchinson. He used to play for the Vikings, and he's also been on 'Triple-D.'

Liver is my number one most hated food. Oh, God, I get sick talking about it!

I'm not a religious person by any means.

I'm a big eater in terms that l love flavor, but I don't like to eat a lot of one thing. I like to eat a little bit.

If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door.

'Triple D' is not going anywhere. I enjoy highlighting my brothers and sisters in the business.

Get off the beaten path... If you want to find those mom-and-pop joints, those funky little places, just ask around.

The last thing I'm gonna do is, 'This is dynamite!' That's not my gig, man. I love the mom-and-pop joints. I love giving them recognition, but I'm not gonna blow smoke. We walked out of locations; we've changed locations.

If you slow it down, eat in courses, your body, mind, stomach will catch up with this full feeling and you won't eat as much.

If you looked in my fridge, you'd see maybe 12 different mustards.

One of the greatest birds I've ever had is called a 'Turducken.' A chicken inside of a duck inside of a turkey. That's one that I love. I've done it a couple times.

I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions.

I love everything from Enya to Pantera.

It's always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

One of my good buddies is Marcel Reece with the Raiders. He's a big 'Triple-D' fan; he's a big food fan.

My parents moved out to California in 1968 from Ohio in a VW station wagon pulling a little trailer. I was 4 months old. They were following the energy out here.

It's a life lesson they need to have, a skill everybody needs - to cook.

I don't eat sweets. I'm not a big dessert guy.

I'm gonna open a small restaurant on the beach in Mexico. We're only gonna have a few tables, and we're only gonna cook what's fresh that day. We're gonna get back to the basics... Real food for real people.

People get a little bolder and more wild in summer. You've got things going on kabobs, things cooking on the bone. There's something about standing over a grill or outside with the family that inspires us.

What do people want? Contact. People want to be able to see you and touch you. Are you real?

I have the best agents in the world.

Nothing, not even an avocado pit, keeps guacamole green for too long once it's made.

When I was 13, I opened my own business called The Awesome Pretzel Company, and my dad helped me build a pretzel cart.

At first, people think about vegetarian food like, 'Here's some veggies. Here's some pasta.' But there's so much more you can do in the vegetarian and vegan world.

There's been quite a few conversations between me and my wife; she'd like to see my hair brown again. So who knows what will happen.

It's OK to make mistakes... Try different things.

Did I ever think about TV stardom? I don't watch a lot of TV. I wasn't even aware of the phenomenon of what was going on in food television, what you started with the Food Network.

I cannot get enough farro.

Some people are just born to cook and talk.

College students want good eats. They want it to not be super-expensive, but you've got to be eclectic, you've got to have style, and you've got to make real food.

I always wish for more time at home or at the restaurants or on the shows.

I'm a stocky 210 pounds.

My restaurant, Tex Wasabi's, we have a whole 'Minute to Win It' challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn't even aired and they're already doing challenges where people are coming and participating. I think it's going to take over.

The wok is one of my favorite things to work with when I'm camping.

You don't have to eat a whole cheeseburger, just take a piece of the cheeseburger.

I'm like anybody else. You get enough, you can get beat up. You can get hurt. You can get frustrated. You can get demoralized.

I'm not an actor. Lord knows, I'd be acting if I were an actor. What you see is what you get.

It's tough, you know: I'm a chef first, and a restaurant owner, way before I was ever on Food Network, and it's a tough business.

After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook.

I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

I have three wood-fired ovens... I have one at my house, one at my ranch, one on the trailer that I use for charity events.

I'm a big greens fan. I'm a big vegetable fan. I'm a big whole grains fan. And I exercise a lot. That's how I keep this petite dancer's figure.