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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.

Julian Casablancas

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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
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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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Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.
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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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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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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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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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If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
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I over-think stuff a lot.
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Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
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Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.
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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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I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
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I always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine line between that and 'Edward Scissorhands'.
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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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With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?
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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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But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.
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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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I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.
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