I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.

It was 100,000 years before we figured out what to do with fire. Imagine cavemen, sitting in front of a fire, eating raw meat for 100 thousand years.

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

My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

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.

With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?

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.