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If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don't think the second option is some big sellout.
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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Julian Fernando Casablancas
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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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