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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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New York City
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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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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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Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?
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Forgive them even if they are not sorry
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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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I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
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For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.
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Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!
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Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.
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Kids are always honest, 'cause they don't think they're ever going to die.
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If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
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Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.
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A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
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Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.
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I over-think stuff a lot.
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I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
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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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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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My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.
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