A biography for Julian Casablancashasn’t been written yet.
“A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from people. I feel like we've stepped up a level.”
“The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.”
“Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?”
“With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all?”
“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.”
“I always want to make Strokes records and play Strokes shows.”
“No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.”
“If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.”
“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.”
“The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.”
“I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative.”
“I am a fan of 'SNL' and a big Jimmy Fallon fan, too.”
“Sometimes I've sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.”
“Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.”
“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.”
“Birth is a beautiful thing.”
“I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll just get it and put it away in a kind of nook under my bed - a little gift hutch, if you prefer.”
“But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band.”
“L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.”
“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.”