Julian Casablancas
Julian Casablancas
Julian Fernando Casablancas is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the rock band The Strokes. In addition to his work with The Strokes, Casablancas has led a solo career during the band's hiatus, releasing the album Phrazes for the Young on November 3, 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth23 August 1978
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
party blow heroin
Doing heroin is like walking around with a terrorist as your friend. It's like taking a terrorist around to parties You never know when it's going to blow up on you.
kids thinking causes
Kids are always honest, 'cause they don't think they're ever going to die.
song fun writing
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.
shoes guy stuff
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.
moving kids culture
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.'
dies ifs
If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.
song flow wake-up
It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.
yuppies people parent
You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.
song simple focus
I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.
desire burning records
The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
years fire cavemen
It was 100,000 years before we figured out what to do with fire. Imagine cavemen, sitting in front of a fire, eating raw meat for 100 thousand years.
winning wish wish-you
Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?
alcohol needs site
I don’t shake at the site of alcohol anymore. I don’t feel the need for it. If anything I’ll get stoned. I always told myself if it got to the point that it was affecting my songwriting and music that I’d stop. And it did get to the point.
slow-motion enjoy songwriting
I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.