The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him — it was so matter-of-fact, — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I think I used to do everything and then people had a problem with that within the band, so we're doing more… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
It's like an inner struggle for me, between saying I don't give a **** and trying to make it work. You want… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share Image
When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
I see myself out of my own eyes, which means I have no idea what's going on the other way around. I just think… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
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… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
The Strokes can play anything. They could play 'Thriller,' and it would just sound like 'Thriller' as played by the Strokes. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
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… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents that are… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
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… — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview. — Julian Casablancas Copy Share
