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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.

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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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Break
Way
Good
Friendship

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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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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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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.
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But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.
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No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.
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Kids are always honest, 'cause they don't think they're ever going to die.
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Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien people there had a lot of money.
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My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.
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If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don't think the second option is some big sellout.
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