“I consider myself an alumnus of Hard Rock Cafe.” — Arnel Pineda Quote

I consider myself an alumnus of Hard Rock Cafe.

I travel a lot, but I'd love to go back to cities such as Paris, Las Vegas, New York, and London with my family. When I'm there touring with the band, I have to work, and it's no fun at all.

I'm based in San Francisco, although I don't usually stay long in one place because we are always moving, we are always on the road. So most of the time, we stay in hotels.

I think I was 10 or 11 years old. I think the first song I learned about then was 'Open Arms.' Then, when I got tired of listening to 'Open Arms,' I borrowed my friend's Journey album, 'Escape,' and tried to listen to every song.

The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!

Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafe.

Every time I pass a cafe, I imagine it being stormed by men with Kalashnikovs.

Cafe De Flore speaks of love, its joys, its pains and its dramas - to love and to lose. This story upset me, I was upside-down, in the depths of myself.

I want to go to culinary school because I love cooking. One day I'd love to open up a restaurant or cafe.