Niko: "We met at a French school, Le Lycee. When we were in fifth grade, there was a water-main break on the avenue of our school. My parents were already on their way to work. I was walking home, and I told Julian I had nowhere to go. He said, 'Well, I'm going home, come over.' I stayed over, and we hung out for three days and became friends."
09/21/03 - 09/27/03
Strokes: "In many ways, they'll miss the good old days. Someday, someday. It hurts to say, but I want you to stay. Sometimes, sometimes."
09/14/03 - 09/20/03
Albert: "I think it's because Nick is hot!" (on why the album did well)
09/07/03 - 09/13/03
Julian: "Let's get wasted!"
08/31/03 - 09/06/03
Fab: "Every time we play I feel like kissing everyone in the crowd and going home and partying with them. There's just a vibe in the room, an energy."
08/24/03 - 08/30/03
Niko:"The writing is much more sophisticated and our performance and our musical ability is much better than the first recording. Our main focus is to just get better. We see our faults and we see our good qualities, and we know when we are doing well, and when we're not it's pretty obvious." (On their 2nd album)
08/17/03 - 08/23/03
Julian: "We walk into places and people say, 'Yeah, we've heard of The Strokes, they're a bunch of fucking assholes.' They'll say it to your face and then they'll want to hang out with you. Two days later, they'll be round asking to hear the album. Fucking dipshits."
08/10/03 - 08/16/03
Fab: "Yeah, trashing Columbia hotel rooms! Exploring our homosexual tendencies? [Laughs] Just kidding." (On rock & roll fantasies to fulfill)
08/03/03 - 08/09/03
Ryan (manager): "All parties involved had a lovely experience and Nigel and the band really did get on famously. It just wasn't meant to be in the studio, I suppose." (on the band switching producers)
07/27/03 - 08/02/03
Nick: “You know what my solo album would be like? It would sound just like The Strokes , because it would be, “Hey Julian! Do you want to sing on my album? Fab, would you play drums? Nikolai, is bass ok? Nick, how about playing some gutiar?” ‘Cause I don’t know any other musicans.”
07/20/03 - 07/26/03
Albert: “I got influenced by a bunch of weird people – Buddy Holly, I really like the way George Harrison plays leads, Elliot Easton from The Cars… I really hate naming names, but I’d rather name names than have people say we sound like Television.”
07/13/03 - 07/19/03
Nikolai: "The fans that come and see us are of every age and every color and are so diverse, but the one thing they share is that they are all really excited about our music."
07/06/03 - 07/12/03
Strokes: "I just lie to get to your apartment Now I'm staying there just for a while. I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired."
06/29/03 - 07/05/03
Julian: "It's not like we're posh kids who drove fancy cars or anything. You've got to have money to live in Manhattan, but we all still hung out on the street and drank 40s."
06/22/03 - 06/28/03
Fab: "Street corner men have the best fuckin' hotdogs!"