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 best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.

Forgive them even if they are not sorry

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

If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you want to feel, and if music can do that it's a very special thing.

I kinda like messing with perception a little bit. Kind of what drugs do sometimes, and drinking. I mean, you know, you mess with your mind a little bit to see life from different angles. Within reason, if you can handle it.