Julian Casablancas

"If the choice is between doing something supercool and having no one hear it and doing something equally cool and tricking people into putting it on the radio, I don't think the second option is some big sellout."

"Desire is individual. Happiness is common."

"Religion is never the problem it's the people who use it to gain power."

"Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense."