Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas
Julian Fernando Casablancas is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band The Strokes. In addition to his work with The Strokes, Casablancas has led a solo career during the band's hiatus, releasing the album Phrazes for the Young on November 3, 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
confused trying make-yourself-happy
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.
dare knows
Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.
sex people drug
The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him — it was so matter-of-fact,
mean perfectionist bits
I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
tanning sometimes results
Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.
want albums pops
Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!
night music-is all-night
Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night.
thinking people choices
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.
car needs towns
L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.
kings decision suffering
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).
flaws
We're so quick to point out our own flaws in others.
song fall wake-up
Songwriting is hard - it's so easy to fall into the same traps. It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
sleep night thinking
I very often have night terrors. Just think of the worst possible situation, and it's a regular thing for me. I've died in my sleep twenty-three different ways.
long want process
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.