‘That I was the bitch and he was the butch’ - Julian Casablancas
Source: thrillsarecheap
You know, sometimes you don’t know why you like it.But like, I’ll be specific about meanings without fully understanding them, maybe - just knowing what I don’t want to say, what I want to say and it sort of all comes together later on because once you’re so into it, you know… and also, the big thing about the songs and the meaning is… a lot of songs I have the whole thing worked out… the thing is, you’ll have a meaning all drawn out head to toe, the beginning and the end, the conclusion you know, *laughs* it all makes sense, it rhymes, it’s great and then you sing it and it sounds like shit. And it just sounds so phony. So you gotta change it around, and then a sentence that actually has a deeper meaning will sound totally corny but then you sort of lighten it up and it sounds very cool and much more poignant. The meanings change as you’re recording them.
Source: racingsunbeams
John Casablancas Interview
- Interviewer: You're also the father of Julian Casablancas, lead singer of the Strokes...
- (John interrupts him to say)
- John C.: Yes, yes, I'm very proud of him!
- Interviewer: Did you guys use to compete to see which one would get more women?
- John C.: Actually, he did the exact opposite, he only had two girlfriends, and married his second one.
Source: patrickcarnitas
The first time we met, I think it was Julian who said ‘We want to sound like a band from the past that took a time trip into the future to make their record.’
Source: soundonsound.com
I don’t even know the words to my songs.
(via vivacasablancas)
Source: complex.com
If I had to describe my interview style I’d say it’s Chris Farley-like—basically over-excited to hear them talk about anything.
Source: complex.com
- Julian: Writing songs is very difficult and fun… and difficult. And the fun is that it’s difficult and the difficulty is that it’s difficult… … oh damn.
- Nikolai: Nice try, man.
- Julian: WHYYYYYY????!!
Do you think the band was portrayed unfairly?
People thought we were some put-together creation. The press created this weird parallel universe for us to exist in. I know everyone was trying to write an exciting story, but it’s weird to imagine the idea of me and the band that you’d get from reading about us. I’m actually a pretty normal person. I watch Seinfeld. I came to it late, but I watch it. (SPIN Interview, November 2010)
Interviewer: (in the middle of interviewing Julian, answers mobile) “Hello?”
Albert: “It’s Albert, is Julian there?”
Interviewer: “Yeah. He doesn’t have his own phone?”
Albert: “No. I’m at the video store. Can you just ask him if he wants to watch Fletch tonight?”
