The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents that are art.

Whenever I go to shows, I end up looking at what shoes the guy onstage is wearing and the jacket he's got on. And when you know everything's gonna be under scrutiny, it makes you feel more comfortable if you have cool stuff.

I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.

L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day.

I'm really grateful. But I never had the rock star dream. I thought it would be cool to be a modern-day composer.

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

I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happy… in the end you've got to make yourself happy.