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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Julian Fernando Casablancas
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Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.
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The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
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The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other.
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Now, the good of business is put above anything else, as corporations have become the new ruling body. Most decisions seem to be made like ones of a medieval king: whatever makes profit while ignoring and repressing the truth about whatever suffering it may cause (like pop music, for that matter).
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I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
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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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I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.
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I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.
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I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
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It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
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Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
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I think you can only get closer to satisfaction but you never fully arrive.
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Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.
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I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything.
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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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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
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You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.
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The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.
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The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
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Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?
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