Editing Nick Valensi (section)

==Early life==
Valensi was born in New York City, to a Tunisian father and a French mother, Danielle. His mother was from a Catholic family in South Western France, near [[Bordeaux]], and his father was a [[Tunisian Jew]].<ref name=":0"/> Valensi's mother had moved to Boston as a teenager and met his father in New York; his mother converted to Judaism to marry his father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Samuels|first=David|date=2018-01-31|title=Q&A with Nick Valensi|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/qa-with-nick-valensi|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Tablet Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

Valensi was raised on the [[Upper East Side]] of [[Manhattan]] with two sisters, Céline and Alessandra.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 19, 2003|title=Rock Stars Next Door|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/features/music2003/n_9258/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=New York Magazine|language=en-us|quote=PEDIGREE: Raised by mother on Upper East Side.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shesfixingherhair.co.uk/theface_02_txt.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309082524/http://www.shesfixingherhair.co.uk/theface_02_txt.html|url-status=dead|title=''The Face'' Magazine August 2002|archivedate=March 9, 2005}}</ref> Until the age of 16, Valensi spent summers at his grandfather's home near [[Bordeaux]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=2005-06-05|title=DIRECTIONS - ON THE WEB - Rockin' the Torah - NYTimes.com|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10814FA3D5C0C768CDDAF0894DD404482|access-date=2011-12-08|publisher=Select.nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shes Fixing Her Hair – The Strokes Latest Album Angles Is Out Now! » Interviews – Rock & Folk April 2011|url=http://www.shesfixingherhair.co.uk/blog/interviews/interviews-rock-folk-april-2011|access-date=2011-12-08|publisher=Shesfixingherhair.co.uk}}</ref> He began learning guitar at the age of five, following an impromptu strum on one of his father's guitars.<ref name="2hrpod">{{cite web|title=063 – NICK VALENSI – on early memories of the Strokes, meeting David Bowie, and working with Josh Homme on his new band CRX|url=http://audioboom.com/posts/5379183-063-nick-valensi-on-early-memories-of-the-strokes-meeting-david-bowie-and-working-with-josh-homme-on-his-new-band-crx|access-date=12 January 2017|website=2 Hours with Matt Pinfield}}</ref> His father described him as a natural guitarist, due to his quickness at picking up the ability to strum along with the rhythm of songs at a young age.<ref name="2hrpod" /> Valensi's father died when Nick was nine.<ref name="2hrpod" /> Valensi was arrested at age 11 and was assigned a  probation officer for a year.<ref name=":0" />

Valensi attended New York City public schools while growing up.<ref name=":0" /> He began attending [[The Dwight School]] at age 13, where he met [[Julian Casablancas]] on the first day of the school's orientation program. Soon after, he met classmate [[Fabrizio Moretti]] and the three formed a band.<ref name=":1">{{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=109–118|chapter=These Guys All Go So Far Back}}</ref> He was once quoted as saying, "I always thought I wanted to be able to play any song you could name. But once I started playing with Julian, that's when I really started to understand music."<ref>{{cite web|title=''Rolling Stone'' 2001 Interview|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestrokes/articles/story/5933812/the_strokes_of_genius|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020022840/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thestrokes/articles/story/5933812/the_strokes_of_genius|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2007|access-date=2011-12-08|publisher=Rollingstone.com}}</ref> Through Casablancas, Valensi also met [[Nikolai Fraiture]] during this time.<ref name=":1" /> The two later attended [[Hunter College]] together.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This 2001 Story Of The Strokes' Rise To Fame Is A Rock & Roll Time Capsule|url=https://www.thefader.com/2015/09/15/the-strokes-cover-story-issue-9|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The FADER|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rapp|first=Allison|title=On the Record: Before They Were Big, They Were CUNY – The Brooklyn College Vanguard|url=http://vanguard.blog.brooklyn.edu/2020/04/29/on-the-record-before-they-were-big-they-were-cuny/|access-date=2020-11-10|language=en-US}}</ref>