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Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

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Julian Casablancas
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: August 23
Musician
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Julian Fernando Casablancas
Wish
Wins
Winning

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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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Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.
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It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
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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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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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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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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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Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien people there had a lot of money.
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The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
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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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That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.
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No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.
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Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?
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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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I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happy… in the end you've got to make yourself happy.
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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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My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.
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I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.
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