If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

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.

A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from people. I feel like we've stepped up a level.

I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.

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

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.