Gregory Porter Quotes

When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

I didn't cook that much as a kid. My mother was cooking, and I was her helper. We made dishes together.

When I was three years old, my dad bought me my first drum set.

I've been writing songs all my life. My mom said I wrote my first song when I was two.

I was the little sister that was annoying.

I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

I think for me, as far as cooking, some of it came naturally just from watching my dad. My dad was more of the cook than my mom was, so it's just handing it down from generation to generation. I just love to cook and have fun. And as performers, we love to cook, and we love to entertain people.

I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists.

I started playing when I was 5. I'm from a family of musicians.

From a young age, I understood the idea of balanced flavor - the reason you put ketchup on a hamburger. I was that kid who wouldn't eat something if there was something missing. I never really understood it until I began cooking professionally, balancing acids, sweets, spicy flavors and fat.

I was 4 years old when I sang in public for the very first time.

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

I love to cook. My mom taught me to cook at a very, very young age.

I was the oldest of seven kids, so I had no older brother who would say, 'Schmuck, don't do that.'

Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very young age, and it would be the only way that I could actually repay them with my art form for what they've done for me.

I don't remember not singing. I started when I was, I don't know how - what, two years old or a year old or something like that.

For me, I guess music has always been the through-line. You know, I played guitar from a really young age, and my dad played, and my cousin gave me a drum kit when I was 13, and I played bass guitar, so, you know, it was definitely always in the house.

I grew up in a house where I was a spectator to the sport of cooking. In that way, I just learned so much about what it really takes to make food.

My mom was a great cook and also a very creative cook.

I was in my first play when I was 6. My older sister was in a high-school production of 'The King and I.' They needed children for a scene, so she brought me in. I had a costume and a couple of serious lines that got a laugh. I loved the feeling.

My dad always wanted me to get into motocross like him, so I started doing it while I was really young.

I grew up cooking. I was always in my grandma's cooking, and I never thought of it as a career.

I love jerk chicken. I could literally eat it every single day of my life. I also like curry goat, rice and peas, and ackee and saltfish. For some reason, no one ever taught me how to cook, though. They've always cooked for me!

I have to say, the first time I stepped into the ring, it was probably at the age of 4. That's when I was hanging out with my uncle, my mom's brother, Rey Mysterio Sr. It runs in the family; it's stayed in the family.