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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.

It was never the goal to be a solo performer. It was just something that made the most sense at the time.

I could see us doing solo material in the future.

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.

And I've always loved playing solo.

I mean, I really, really love playing solo. Definitely, it's like a labor of love, it's not a huge career. It's not that successful, but it's something I love so much that I'll do it regardless.

The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera.

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

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.