I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.

You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.