The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.

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.

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

I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.

Forgive them even if they are not sorry

Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.

I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything.