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. Julian Casablancas More Quotes by Julian Casablancas More Quotes From Julian Casablancas Desire is individual. Happiness is common. Julian Casablancas desire happy happiness Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. Julian Casablancas privileged people thinking I feel slightly confused about certain things. Practical and tactical things. When you try to make everyone happy… in the end you've got to make yourself happy. Julian Casablancas make-yourself-happy confused trying Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. Julian Casablancas gains use people Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it. Julian Casablancas art-is purpose art Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. Julian Casablancas injustice currents greed No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview. Julian Casablancas interviews matter talking I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative. Julian Casablancas creative people thinking I over-think stuff a lot. Julian Casablancas stuff thinking Pretty much the only goal I've had since the beginning, which I still have, is just to get better, work hard, focus, and everything else will just be a bonus. As long as I'm satisfied, and I think we're getting better with every song compared to the last, then I'm satisfied and that's all I want. If we don't achieve that, then I'll be disappointed. Julian Casablancas hard-work song thinking The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone. Julian Casablancas manhattan elements war Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops. Julian Casablancas singing heart I guess the best thing about marriage is the fact you've got the coolest partner you can imagine by your side for all the things you're going to face in your life. So far, Juliet's been there for me. She's been good for my voice, good for my everything. Julian Casablancas your-side voice faces With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all? Julian Casablancas dozen trying way A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band. Julian Casablancas band way Forgive them even if they are not sorry Julian Casablancas not-sorry forgiving sorry The best artists are the ones that work the hardest, and if you work hard enough, you'll eventually experience the happy accidents that are art. Julian Casablancas happy-accidents hard-work art I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms. Julian Casablancas want stuff people It was 100,000 years before we figured out what to do with fire. Imagine cavemen, sitting in front of a fire, eating raw meat for 100 thousand years. Julian Casablancas sitting fire years I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse. Julian Casablancas recluse illusion lazy
