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In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

I think playing solo is a second rate activity, really. For me, playing is about playing with other people.

I've been solo since 1996, so I've been doing it for a while now.

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.

I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo.

And I've always loved playing solo.

You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

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.

It just felt like the right time to focus on solo material.