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I'm really grateful. But I never had the rock star dream. I thought it would be cool to be a modern-day composer.

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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Musician
Recording Artist
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Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Julian Fernando Casablancas
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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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It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
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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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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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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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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 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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I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.
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