Just Slow It Down Enough To Enjoy

My Parents Separated When I Was Eight. I Grew Up With My Mom Alone.

The Way Lou Reed Wrote And Sang About Drugs And Sex, About The People Around Him - It Was So Matter-of-fact.

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.

That It's A Lot Harder To Make A Keyboard Sound Not-cheesy Than A Guitar.

But It Can Be Hard To Experiment When You're In A Band.