But It Can Be Hard To Experiment

In L.a., It's So Sunny Out All The Time That Even Though I'm Working All Day I Have This Illusion That I'm On Some Kind Of Vacation. New York Is So Condensed And Exciting But You Stay There Too Long And All That Turns Into Anxiety A Little Bit. It's Nice To Escape Here And There.

If It Doesn't Start With You, It Dies With You.

You Know Some Of The People In The Strokes, Yeah, Their Parents Had Success - But We Didn't Live Like Yuppies.

Whenever I Go To Shows, I End Up Looking At What Shoes The Guy Onstage Is Wearing And The Jacket He's Got On. And When You Know Everything's Gonna Be Under Scrutiny, It Makes You Feel More Comfortable If You Have Cool Stuff.

I Think A Lot Of People Study The Rules Too Much And Then Don't Know How To Be Creative.