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.

The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

I very often have night terrors. Just think of the worst possible situation, and it's a regular thing for me. I've died in my sleep twenty-three different ways.

L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.

Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!