Julian Casablancas Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.”

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

“New York is in my soul.”

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

“People are always arguing: New York or L.A.? They're both great places, you know.”

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

“You know some of the people in The Strokes, yeah, their parents had success - but we didn't live like yuppies.”