147 Quotes by Julian Casablancas

I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence.

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.

Forgive them even if they are not sorry.

Sometimes I’ve sat outside, not to tan, but as a result of that I ended up tanning slightly.

Religion is never the problem; it’s the people who use it to gain power.

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.

In most cultures, you can have a kid at 18 and it’s not a big thing. It’s not like, ‘Oh, you’ve got to get a different haircut and move to the suburbs and act, like, 35.’

When you first start writing a song, it’s fun, then when you start recording it, it’s fun, but by the time you’ve finished recording it, you’re sick of it.

I’d like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That’s definitely not a word, by the way.