Quotes from Julian Casablancas
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.
— Julian Casablancas
I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist.
— Julian Casablancas
If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
— Julian Casablancas
I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.
— Julian Casablancas
You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.
— Julian Casablancas
Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?
— Julian Casablancas
No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.
— Julian Casablancas
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
— Julian Casablancas
A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from people. I feel like we've stepped up a level.
— Julian Casablancas
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.
— Julian Casablancas
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
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.
— Julian Casablancas