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.

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

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

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.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

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

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