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
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I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented.
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It's that feeling when you hear your favourite song. That feeling, whether you're in a car, at a party or alone at home or in bed and you hear this song and it just hits you so strong - that’s what we aim for.
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I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.
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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.
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I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.
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It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
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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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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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Things happened so fast. In some ways, it's better to come in second at first because it humbles you and you end up being focused and work harder.
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It was 100,000 years before we figured out what to do with fire. Humans learned how to use fire to cook 100, 000 years after they discovered how to make it. Imagine cavemen, sitting in front of a fire, eating raw meat for 100 thousand years.
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I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.
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Austin is the most swinging of towns, this is one of the greatest audiences we've ever had.
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That's nice of you to say. We're sort of staying afloat despite not fitting into . . . the corporate rules of commercial success. Somehow we've arrived somewhere cool despite not knowing where the ship was going to pop out after the storm.
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Thanks for passing the torch...I think I burned my hand, though.