I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse. Julian Casablancas More Quotes by Julian Casablancas More Quotes From Julian Casablancas Desire is individual. Happiness is common. Julian Casablancas desirehappyhappiness Compared to people in Africa, I think we've all had privileged upbringings. Julian Casablancas privilegedpeoplethinking 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-happyconfusedtrying Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power. Julian Casablancas gainsusepeople Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it. Julian Casablancas art-ispurposeart Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer. Julian Casablancas injusticecurrentsgreed No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview. Julian Casablancas interviewsmattertalking I think a lot of people study the rules too much and then don't know how to be creative. Julian Casablancas creativepeoplethinking I over-think stuff a lot. Julian Casablancas stuffthinking 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-worksongthinking 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 manhattanelementswar Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops. Julian Casablancas singingheart 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-sidevoicefaces With a hundred ways to do a dozen things, why not try it all? Julian Casablancas dozentryingway A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band. Julian Casablancas bandway Forgive them even if they are not sorry Julian Casablancas not-sorryforgivingsorry 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-accidentshard-workart 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 wantstuffpeople 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 sittingfireyears I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Julian Casablancas clothescaregiving
