Quote

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

Julian Casablancas

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Julian Fernando Casablancas
Start
Dies
Doesn

More quotes by Julian Casablancas

Image
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.
Julian Casablancas
Image
The only goal right now that I can have, the only thing I can offer right now, is the need to get good at music, do something with quality.
Julian Casablancas
Image
I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
Julian Casablancas
Image
With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?
Julian Casablancas
Image
The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
Julian Casablancas
Image
I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
Julian Casablancas
Image
The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
Julian Casablancas
Image
Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.
Julian Casablancas
Image
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.
Julian Casablancas
Image
I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.
Julian Casablancas
Image
Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien people there had a lot of money.
Julian Casablancas
Image
Birth is a beautiful thing.
Julian Casablancas
Image
Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.
Julian Casablancas
Image
But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.
Julian Casablancas
Image
I see myself out of my own eyes, which means I have no idea what's going on the other way around. I just think I try to be a good person, and I fail.
Julian Casablancas
Image
I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
Julian Casablancas
Image
When I hear Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', it frustrates me because no matter how hard I try, I can never be that good.
Julian Casablancas
Image
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.
Julian Casablancas
Image
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).
Julian Casablancas
Image
I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.
Julian Casablancas