I don't care what people think or what they expected. It's what (critics) said, not us.

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

Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.

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 find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.

For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.