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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. "

Julian Casablancas

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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. "

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" No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. "

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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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" Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money. "

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

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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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" 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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" Birth is a beautiful thing. "

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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 always reference 'Mad Max' when I think about what I want to wear. But it's a fine line between that and 'Edward Scissorhands'. "

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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. "

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" But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band. "

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" I mean, I guess you could say I'm a bit of a perfectionist. "

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" Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. "

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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