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" It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. "
Julian Casablancas
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Boston
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" 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. "
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" Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? "
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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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" 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 enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising. "
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" Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. "
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" Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody! "
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" Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins? "
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" My parents separated when I was eight. I grew up with my mom alone. "
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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. "
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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 am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too. "
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" I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse. "
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" The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life. "
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" A band is a good way to break up a friendship. "
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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. "
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" But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band. "
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" Birth is a beautiful thing. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know. "
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" I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented. "
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" People often put me in a V-neck tennis club sweater, driving a Bentley, but my life wasn't like that. "
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