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
fourteen hours tricks
L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day.
burned passing thanks
Thanks for passing the torch...I think I burned my hand, though.
communal people
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.
playing
I thought we were playing a bar. But this is nice.
afloat arrived commercial cool corporate despite fitting knowing nice pop rules ship somehow somewhere sort staying
That's nice of you to say. We're sort of staying afloat despite not fitting into . . . the corporate rules of commercial success. Somehow we've arrived somewhere cool despite not knowing where the ship was going to pop out after the storm.
greed injustice currents
Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.
enough enjoy
Just slow it down enough to enjoy the ride.
lazy illusion recluse
I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.
vanity common-sense common
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
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.
guitar cheesy keyboards
That it's a lot harder to make a keyboard sound not-cheesy than a guitar.
old-friends ashamed
No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.
tanning sometimes results
Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.
dare knows
Don't you dare get to the top and not know what to do.