Editing Fabrizio Moretti (section)

==Early life==
Moretti was born in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] to Stefano, an Italian [[Nuclear engineering|nuclear engineer]], and Ana Moretti, a Brazilian.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gelardi|first=Connie Wang, Kava Gorna/Jed Root, Piera|title=Musical Muse: Binki Shapiro of Little Joy's Pitch-Perfect Style|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/my-style-binki-shapiro-of-little-joy|access-date=2020-11-10|website=www.refinery29.com|language=en|quote=...blueprints by Fab's father Stefano from 1956 when he was studying to be a nuclear engineer.}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Patti|first=Carlo|date=2017|title=An Unusual Partnership: Brazilian-Italian Forms of Cooperation in the Nuclear Field (1951-1986)|url=https://www.openstarts.units.it/bitstream/10077/15346/1/Nuclear_Italy-17-Patti.pdf|journal=Nuclear Italy an International History of Italian Nuclear Policies During the Cold War|pages=259–269|quote=Stefano Moretti, an Italian nuclear scientist and former advisor of the Italian CNEN secretary-general, left Italy to work in the Brazilian group. As he recalled in a recent interview, he joined the Brazilian nuclear program and worked for a few years in Belo Horizonte, on the fast breeder reactor project.|via=OpenstarTs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Lozovsky|first=Benjamin|date=2019|title=Sotheby's Celebrates: Fabrizio Moretti x Fabrizio Moretti {{!}} In Passing|url=https://bfa.com/home/photo/4119263?people=fabrizio-moretti|access-date=2020-11-10|website=bfa.com|quote=Fabrizio Moretti, Ana Moretti}}</ref> He was raised with his older brother, Leo Moretti.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Musica/0,,MUL886600-7085,00-IRMAO+DE+BATERISTA+DO+STROKES+TROCOU+O+ROCK+POR+VIDA+CERTINHA+NO+RIO.html|title=Irmão de baterista do Strokes trocou o rock por vida 'certinha' no Rio|date=December 3, 2008|website=globo.com|language=pt-br}}</ref> Moretti and his family moved to [[New York City]] when he was three years old for his father's career;<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3604349/Second-coming.html|title=Second coming|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=October 9, 2003|work=The Telegraph|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|ref=second}}</ref> they planned to live there for only three years, but ended up staying for seventeen before returning to Brazil.<ref name=":6" /> Speaking on identity during his young adulthood in New York, Moretti said, "I didn't feel like a Brazilian, I didn't feel like an Italian, and I certainly didn't feel like an American. So I was walking around trying to find my identity through New York City."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Goodman|first=Lizzie|title=[[Meet Me in the Bathroom (book)|Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001–2011]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]/Dey St.|year=2017|isbn=978-0-06-223309-7|location=New York|pages=111}}</ref>

He began playing the drums at age five, playing in a soundproofed closet in his family's [[Midtown Manhattan]] apartment, and became more serious during high school.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2010-10-22|title=Fabrizio Moretti: This Is The Strokes|url=https://drummagazine.com/fabrizio-moretti-this-is-the-strokes/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=DRUM! Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite news|last=DeRogatis|first=Jim|date=May 12, 2004|title=Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes {{!}} Modern Drummer Magazine|language=en-US|work=Modern Drummer Magazine|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2004/05/fabrizio-moretti/|access-date=February 3, 2018}}</ref> As an adolescent, Moretti attended the Anglo American International School,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/thedwightschool/docs/anglo_1993/56|title=Anglo-American 1993|work=Issuu|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> which later merged with the [[Dwight School]] and is where he met fellow band members [[Nick Valensi]] and [[Julian Casablancas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-making-of-the-strokes-20020411|title=The Making of the Strokes|last=Eliscu|first=Jenny|date=April 11, 2002|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Upon graduating high school, Moretti studied [[sculpture]] at [[SUNY New Paltz]] before dropping out to focus on his music career with The Strokes.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 31, 2013|title=The Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti Makes His Move For Interactive Art|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/5774749/the-strokes-fabrizio-moretti-makes-his-move-for-interactive-art}}</ref>