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A cocktail can be made by the bartender. But the cocktail also can be made by the chef.

There is something urbane, stylish, and worldly about owning a cocktail shaker.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it.

That being said, I often write into recipes techniques I learned in the restaurant kitchen. There are ways of organizing your prep and so on that are immensely useful. Those are woven into all the recipes I do.

If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone.

As far as a cocktail, I do like good wines, basically with meals, and good champagnes.

I like to play around with mixing high-end with more affordable pieces.

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound.