I very often have night terrors. Just think of the worst possible situation, and it’s a regular thing for me. I’ve died in my sleep twenty-three different ways. – Julian Casablancas
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. – Julian Casablancas
Can our mind evolve to be something other than an extension of our animal needs? – Julian Casablancas
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. – Julian Casablancas
I’m always writing something. I’ve got so much stuff, I don’t know what to do with it. Some of it will be Strokes, some of it will be I don’t know what – stuff for pop singers. TV themes. I’ve got a jar stuffed with songs, all these ideas that are just me humming into a recording device. – Julian Casablancas
Making an album can be like being pregnant: you want to pop that thing out and show everybody! – Julian Casablancas
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. – Julian Casablancas
I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else. – Julian Casablancas
Working on music is the funnest thing for me, and I love it, and I could do it all day, all night. – Julian Casablancas
It find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. – Julian Casablancas
The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life. – Julian Casablancas
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. – Julian Casablancas
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. – Julian Casablancas