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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
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" The problem with touring isn't the traveling and the shows, it's the vegetal state you get into. "
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" It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. "
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" No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night. "
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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. "
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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. "
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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.' "
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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. "
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" I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative. "
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" A band is a good way to break up a friendship. "
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" Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly. "
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" 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. "
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" Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. "
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" Birth is a beautiful thing. "
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