Quotes About Hospitality

It's cool to have a well run, comfortable and inviting home.

I like inviting people over in the evening, because I don't like moving anywhere.

Iran is amazing. It's beautiful. It has everything, everything you want.

Iranian people are very hospitable, very family-oriented and besides that they have a very beautiful country.

Ireland, once you live there, you're seduced by it.

I absolutely loved it in Ireland.

I'm always happy to be in Ireland in general, it's one of my favorite places.

Irish people give big hellos and very little goodbyes. Unless they're female, and then they spend five hours talking in the doorway to the person that's leaving their house.

The Irish are just good people, they always have been.

I loved the Faroe Islands, that was incredible. It was like Scotland and they made me feel at home.

Well you know, there's a lot of people on Shetland who've never been to Fair Isle. The place itself is very unique but also the people there were fantastic. They couldn't have done enough for us.

I particularly love Israel. I've had fantastic experiences there.

I have a lot of Italian friends, and they have espressos.

I really like Italy. I am good there and they treat me good.

I meet everybody. If somebody invites me to their house and they got a drum set close, I'm going to play, man. Let's jam. I don't care. Get in where you fit in and enjoy the experience.

When I moved to New York, I was dead broke and lost my mind, and my girlfriend dumped me and was with some banker making money. I wandered by Jane Curtin's house, and she's like, 'Come in here, dear. I'll make you lunch. Tell me, what's going on in your life?'

One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.

Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.

The Japanese people treated me very well. They appreciated how I considered the martial arts, the jiu-jitsu and judo. There's some good points and bad points to fight there. The distance was too far from where I used to live in Brazil. It was a 27-hour flight.

I know Jeff Bezos because I cater at his home.

Jazzy Jeff is somebody who taught me what I really wanted to do for other people. He has the big ol' house where musicians can come there, stay for a while, create music, eat, reset.

If Jesus were living in our culture, he would probably hang out in coffeehouses.

I honestly don't need much money. People love to buy me drinks. Hostesses love to feed me. Famous artists lavish me with expensive artworks, and heiresses do the same with jewels that I promptly lose.

I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.