I think that's one of the greatest gifts you get if you're successful at something like music or film or photography - any of the arts - you can sit there and think. It's so much fun to sit there and think and wonder about the world and the universe.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

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When you put on music, just feel it; it's a different sense. I walk around with music in and it can just change my world in seconds.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

different walks world

It would be so nice to write songs that end up being timeless.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

nice writing song

The weird thing is, I used to skate in front of, like, 5,000 people and I was never nervous, but the first time I got on stage, there were four people there and I vomited.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

four people firsts

I wouldn't not listen to something because it was country. I usually listen to stuff that friends give me, if I admire their taste.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

stuff giving country

When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

yourself you family politics

I've got my advanced scuba diving license. I'm playing tennis and exercising. I ride my bike everywhere. I've been finding new things. I've been more creative in music and doing different videos. And just meeting different people and being around and present. I'm wonderful when I'm just on nothing.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

ride bike music people

I do believe in 'forever' in terms of relationships. There's something really amazing about being with someone for a long time and really knowing each other in that way. They end up becoming your closest friend.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

amazing time long believe

I would like to leave the world a better place than when I entered it. I would hope that by the time I die I could have learned from the years of living and hand something down.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

die hope time world

I've always wanted to see what Egypt was like when they were building the pyramids or Rome at the height of the empire or Greece - more specifically, Crete before it was destroyed. Why? Because I'm curious how we all hung out on a day to day basis, what was the chit chat, etc. Reading things in a book never gives you the feel.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

feel day you book

I actually use women's perfume - I have since I was a kid. It's called Anais Anais, from Rachael. It smells like a beautiful woman and a bouquet of flowers. I use that and Right Guard deodorant.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

beautiful-woman woman women beautiful

Change isn't a scary thing. It's constant and inevitable.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

thing inevitable scary change

Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

you innocent time knowledge

Things that excite me are these four different bands: Wire, with a song called 'Champs,' Misfits, with a song called 'Hybrid Moments,' R. Stevie Moore, and Wipers 'Wait A Minute.'

Albert Hammond, Jr.

wait me moments song

Sometimes you wanna be James Bond, and sometimes you wanna be Marlon Brando until you realize you can't be either!

Albert Hammond, Jr.

bond realize you sometimes

When someone's really good at encapsulating human emotion and putting it out in a form that can reach a variety of people, that's going to have a big effect when he's no longer there.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

someone good emotion people

You know when you become friends with someone, you don't even remember? When you weren't friends? You're just kinda like, 'When were we not friends? When I met you, weren't we just already friends?' I have the same thing with the Strokes guys.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

someone you friends remember

Rock and roll's relatively new, in the sense of the Fifties, Sixties, right? They invented the first sort of rock stars, and they took it to excess, and then the excess became bitter, tormented. Then it became okay to succeed.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

new okay succeed stars

I feel like I can be a frontman; I feel like I have good songs.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

feel good like i-can

The Strokes, you bond when you're 18, and you're friends. The feeling's different. When all of us get into a room, we feel like the same people from before. We weren't anybody; we were just hanging out. It's hard to understand if you're not in a band. You're one-fifth.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

feel you friends people

Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don't have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something.

Albert Hammond, Jr.

start you moments energy