Julian Casablancas Quotes

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Julian Casablancas

Profession : Musician

Birth : August 23, 1978

Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!

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I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented.

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No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.

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People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know.

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My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.

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Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.

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L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day.

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New York is in my soul.

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I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

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L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.

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When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we're playing onstage. I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks.

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When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.

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If you're in a bar and a certain song comes on and the vibe is just different, it evokes the kinds of things that you want to feel, and if music can do that it's a very special thing.

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I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. Some of it will be Strokes, some of it will be I don't know what - stuff for pop singers. TV themes. I've got a jar stuffed with songs, all these ideas that are just me humming into a recording device.

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It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.

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I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.

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I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll just get it and put it away in a kind of nook under my bed - a little gift hutch, if you prefer.

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People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that.

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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.

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Whenever I go to shows, I end up looking at what shoes the guy onstage is wearing and the jacket he's got on. And when you know everything's gonna be under scrutiny, it makes you feel more comfortable if you have cool stuff.

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