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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.
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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
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New York City
New York
Julian Fernando Casablancas
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A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.
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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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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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The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
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Kids are always honest, 'cause they don't think they're ever going to die.
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It was 100,000 years before we figured out what to do with fire. Imagine cavemen, sitting in front of a fire, eating raw meat for 100 thousand years.
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It's like an inner struggle for me, between saying I don't give a **** and trying to make it work. You want to do the right thing, but I'm sick of people thinking I'm difficult.
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I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
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I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.
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I think you can only get closer to satisfaction but you never fully arrive.
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If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
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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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Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
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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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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
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