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

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

The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into.

I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.

We're so quick to point out our own flaws in others.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.