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

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

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.

Desire is individual. Happiness is common.

It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.