The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other.

When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we're playing onstage. I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks.

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.

People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know.

The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other.

I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.

I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.