“I love working on new stuff. I love the feeling of a new idea and watching it evolve. That's one of my favorite parts of making music.” IdeasFeelingsStuffMy FavoriteEvolveNew IdeasNew Stuff Author:Nick Valensi
“Sometimes I feel like when you're in the dressing room, and you're on stage in 10 minutes, you feel like your stomach is going to explode.” FeelsSometimesRoomsMinutesStageLike YouStomachDressingsDressing Rooms Author:Nick Valensi
“I'm a really firm believer that anyone can get pretty good at anything if you just do it all the time and you just keep working at it.” IfsBelieverFirmJust Do It Author:Nick Valensi
“Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.” ArtFormMusic IsGet BetterFeedback Author:Nick Valensi
“I think when you're in the early stages of writing a song, it's important to shut off the part of your brain that tries to edit or criticize. That function comes in handy later, but if you let it in too early, you can trip yourself up.” ThinkingWritingTryingImportantSongBrainCriticizeHandy Author:Nick Valensi
“The other day my daughter said, ‘Daddy, guess who my favorite Stroke is?’ And I thought she was going to say me because, oh man, she loves me so much, and she said: ‘Julian! Because he’s the singer” MenSaidDaughterMy FavoriteSingersMy DaughterStrokesDaddy Author:Nick Valensi
“I abhor television. Notice how i said ‘television’ and not ‘TV’ because TV is a nickname and nicknames are for friends and television is no friend of mine.” SaidTelevisionMinesTvsNicknamesNo Friends Author:Nick Valensi
