But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

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

I think you can only get closer to satisfaction but you never fully arrive.

I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.

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.