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 CasablancasIt find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams.
Julian CasablancasIn L.A., it's so sunny out all the time that even though I'm working all day I have this illusion that I'm on some kind of vacation. New York is so condensed and exciting but you stay there too long and all that turns into anxiety a little bit. It's nice to escape here and there.
Julian CasablancasThe thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.
Julian CasablancasNow, the good of business is put above anything else, as corporations have become the new ruling body. Most decisions seem to be made like ones of a medieval king: whatever makes profit while ignoring and repressing the truth about whatever suffering it may cause (like pop music, for that matter).
Julian Casablancas