Julian Casablancas Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“For a long time I didn't want to do a solo thing, but there comes a point where everyone else is going outside of The Strokes and The Strokes filtering process.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“I enjoy songwriting. It's slow-motion improvising.”

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

“I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.”

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

“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.”

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

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