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.

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

A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

I don’t shake at the site of alcohol anymore. I don’t feel the need for it. If anything I’ll get stoned. I always told myself if it got to the point that it was affecting my songwriting and music that I’d stop. And it did get to the point.

I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.

I over-think stuff a lot.

I very often have night terrors. Just think of the worst possible situation, and it's a regular thing for me. I've died in my sleep twenty-three different ways.