Quotes from Action Bronson

My main influence is Kool G Rap and Cam'ron, pretty much. If you were to mix those two people up, I wish that would be me... This is my voice. I sound like nobody; I sound like me.

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.

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.

I grew up in the '90s. My goal isn't to be a '90s rapper, but I have little hints of '90s influence in my music. It's a modern approach to classic rap.

The best rappers I know are, like, air-conditioner men.

You have to be talented. You have to work hard; you have to get the right pieces flowin' for you at the right time. And that's just what happened to me. I can't explain what happened.

I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.

I live in the moment, and I reflect later.

Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.

I don't really do playlists. I don't know how to make a playlist, honestly.

I don't even remember the last time I bought an album, honestly.

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.

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.

When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.

'Molto Mario' was the show that sparked my entire interest in cooking.

I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.

I'm still a huge Yankees fan. Growing up, Jeter was my guy, but Bernie Williams was my favorite player.

New York was at the forefront of rap, so because of all the great people who have gone before me, being a rapper from Queens, I have to live up to those standards. I'm basically just a regular guy who says what he feels and likes to joke. I like long walks on the beach... and I love rap.

I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.

As far as rap, I was more of a Mobb Deep guy rather than a Tribe guy.

Whenever I cook, I think of Spanish music, so I always have to listen to some sort of salsa. It gets your body going.

I get inspired in certain places. You have to write in places like Amsterdam or Paris or New Zealand, when you're standing on a yacht, looking out at the middle of the ocean.

The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.

I got a lot of influence from my father, honestly. He'd take me in his car. I'd hear Carlos Santana. I'd hear Queen. I'd hear all these Turkish people, like, bands that he grew up listening to. He was in a band as well.