Quotes from Rande Gerber

I had long, blond, wavy hair.

My mind starts to work creatively past 10 P.M. or 11 P.M. - all of a sudden there's silence and my head starts going.

Attention from the photographers is part of my life and I think the best thing is to learn to deal with it.

I travel light, but always with three key things: Passport, cash and iPod. The latter is perhaps the most key - it keeps me going at the gym or on the plane; I listen to everything from rock to country to blues.

My favorite website is The Daily Beast, and I also like 1stdibs.com, where I'll browse for great rugs or classic furniture.

On weekends we try and stay around the house, have a BBQ, have friends over.

My wife is great at giving input for my projects. She's good at naming places, she has pretty good taste in music, and as a model, of course, she's excellent when it comes to lighting.

I thought I wanted to work in music production for a while. I worked for a film producer. Then I was given the opportunity to open a bar in New York. So, I was like, 'You know what, I'm going to give it a shot.'

My favorite hotels are anything Aman, because their properties are always so beautiful.

Our rum, Caliche - I call it Cali - is a blend of three-, four- and five-year rums: It took us about three years to find the perfect blend.

I do have the most beautiful wife in the entire world.

We own a proprietary recipe for Casamigos Tequila that can't be duplicated.

Pour two parts mix and you throw in one part tequila, some Don Julio, which is my favorite, shake it up a couple times. There's a perfect margarita.

It's always nice to get fresh flowers.

Oh, the secret of a great club is all in the detail. When I walk into one of my bars, I have to have all my napkins a certain way and all the pourers in the bottles facing a certain way. It drives some people crazy, but I figure if I notice something's off, then other people will notice it, too.

It's nice to be able to have a conversation with someone and know there's nothing they can gain from me, nothing I'm looking for from them.

I play a little but also like to keep the guitars around for when friends come over.

You'll get the maximum potential out of everyone on your team when you create harmony, when you treat each employee well.

When times are good, people drink. When times are bad, people drink.

Wherever I travel, I always head for a drink at the hotel bar as soon as I arrive. Not only is it a great way to relax, but it's a fantastic way to feel the pulse of a city.

I know what I know and I also know what I don't know, and I make sure I hire the right people who can teach me.

I've hired people I've met at parties and other events, and I've hired a lot of people right out of college. It's really based on personality as opposed to experience.

Big cubes, small cubes - it's all ice. I'm not that fancy.

Nothing says the party is over more than when you run out of ice.