Julian Casablancas quotes

Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. (Julian Casablancas)
With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?
Julian Casablancas
Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs?
Julian Casablancas
Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody!
Julian Casablancas
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.
Julian Casablancas
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Julian Casablancas
Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
Julian Casablancas
I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
Julian Casablancas
I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.
Julian Casablancas
Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?
Julian Casablancas
I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. (Julian Casablancas)
I over-think stuff a lot.
Julian Casablancas
No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.
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
Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings.
Julian Casablancas
The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.
Julian Casablancas
Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.
Julian Casablancas
Whenever I go to shows, I end up looking at what shoes the guy onstage is wearing and the jacket he's got on. And when you know everything's gonna be under scrutiny, it makes you feel more comfortable if you have cool stuff.
Julian Casablancas
If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
Julian Casablancas
The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
Julian Casablancas
Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. (Julian Casablancas)
I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.
Julian Casablancas
A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
Julian Casablancas
My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone.
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