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

Julian Casablancas

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" Birth is a beautiful thing. "

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

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

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

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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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" 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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" Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected. "

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

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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 I used to do everything and then people had a problem with that within the band, so we're doing more of a communal thing. "

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