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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. (Julian Casablancas)
I always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine line between that and 'Edward Scissorhands'. View quote
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I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that. View quote
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Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly. View quote
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The Strokes can play anything. They could play 'Thriller,' and it would just sound like 'Thriller' as played by the Strokes. View quote
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Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night. View quote
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You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies. View quote
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In most cultures, you can have a kid at 18 and it's not a big thing. It's not like, 'Oh, you've got to get a different haircut and move to the suburbs and act, like, 35.' View quote
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When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we're playing onstage. I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks. View quote
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No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed. View quote
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There are so many little places I want to play, sometimes weird places I think would be fun to play... a bar that's half full. (Julian Casablancas)
The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life. View quote
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Birth is a beautiful thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day. View quote
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It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. View quote
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I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too. View quote
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The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into. View quote
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People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know. View quote
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I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll just get it and put it away in a kind of nook under my bed - a little gift hutch, if you prefer. View quote
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It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me. (Julian Casablancas)
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 I try to be a good person, and I fail. View quote
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I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising. View quote
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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 and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled. View quote
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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. View quote
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