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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.
Julian Casablancas
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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
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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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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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With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?
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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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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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Kids are always honest, 'cause they don't think they're ever going to die.
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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'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.
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The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
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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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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 am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
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If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
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I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
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Forgive them even if they are not sorry
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