I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.

The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.

In theory, when you're working with a record label, you're just borrowing their money. And that's basically how the record industry works, right? It's like, you borrow $100,000 from a record label, so you don't make any money until you make back that money for them. In theory, they have you held hostage, so you've got to do every little stupid thing that they want you to do.

I think the best post-breakup album is The Strokes' first album. It's just fun.

I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Rock & roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.