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I don't want to be stuck in the same spot, just dropping mixtapes for no reason.

As an independent artist, you're always figuring out how you're going to fund your next album.

My path is exactly where I want it to be. I'm doing my thing. I'm getting better with every album.

Now my main goal is my solo career, so I want to keep doing that.

I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind.

Entrepreneurs have a natural inclination to go it alone. While this do-it-yourself spirit can help you move forward, adding an element of collaboration into the mix can make you unstoppable.

I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.

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.

The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that.

I really do like the independent way of working. You don't get much studio intrusion compared to when you're working on a big Hollywood film where there tends to always be loads of people interfering. The only problem, though, with independent features is that they are hard to sell.