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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. "

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" 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

Urban

Say

Kind

" With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all? "

" 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

Flow

Easy

" That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar. "

" Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? "

" It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. "

" Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly. "

" 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'. "

" I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse. "

" L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car. "

" No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview. "

" Birth is a beautiful thing. "

" I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. Some of it will be Strokes, some of it will be I don't know what - stuff for pop singers. TV themes. I've got a jar stuffed with songs, all these ideas that are just me humming into a recording device. "

Julian Casablancas

Always

Ideas

" 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. "

" It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me. "

Julian Casablancas

Out

Flow

" I over-think stuff a lot. "

Julian Casablancas

Lot

Stuff

" I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too. "

" Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. "

" 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. "

" I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising. "

" The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life. "

" I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. "

" My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone. "

Julian Casablancas

Parents

Mom

" A band is a good way to break up a friendship. "

Julian Casablancas

Band

Friendship

" One of the big songwriting things for me has always been: always think what you do sucks. Because the second you stop believing that, you suck. And that's a fact. "

Julian Casablancas

Stop

Think

" The Strokes can play anything. They could play 'Thriller,' and it would just sound like 'Thriller' as played by the Strokes. "

" People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that. "

" Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night. "

Julian Casablancas

Music

Working

" 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. "

Julian Casablancas

Good

Feel

" Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins? "