“ A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting. Charlie Trotter
“ I never considered Miles Davis a perfectionist; I always considered him as an excellence-ist, where deviation is actually kind of cool. Charlie Trotter
“ I timed my previous wife's pregnancy to the moment to have my son born on Bob Dylan's 50th birthday. There is no bigger Bob Dylan fan than me. You don't just time the day and impregnate your wife to g… Charlie Trotter
“ One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment. Charlie Trotter
