I over-think stuff a lot.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.