Julian Casablancas Quotes

It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there.

Well, here's my feeling about shtick. I think sometimes if you don't have it going on too much, you're probably feeling insecure and then you want to add on the shtick. I would say, oh, like Kiss. You try to stand out from the crowd, you're going for a bold statement, you're going for a high concept.

Obviously, I wore a lot of crazy things on stage. That's just how it goes.

My band persona is 25% tougher than I am.

More is asked of you on stage. It's no way to make a living. But it's like a bullfight. You find out who can do it and who can't.

The school suit allows me to be an extrovert. Basically, I'm the opposite of what I am on stage.

I'm most comfortable on stage.

I like to feel the same when I'm on stage and when I'm not.

I like dressing like I'm going on a date when I'm on stage.

I don't have the ability to be a diva. I can't flaunt. I don't have that kind of stage presence. I think of myself as just a band member.

Once I decided to be a different person on stage, I got the chance to be larger than life and over the top, which I love.

It's fantastic to be at the back of a theatre and to think, 'These people have come to see me.'

I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable.

I'm a different guy on stage.

We used to have massively long discussions about how we should stand on stage. Should we stand with our legs apart? No, all the guys with guitars in skinny jeans stand with their legs apart, and you'd think, 'We can't stand like that.' We'd spend hours and hours, days and days, discussing how to stand.

I would be happy to live in a world with no mirrors, but at the same time, it's great to look good on stage because you feel you're offering more than just the music.

The biggest moment in our business is when you walk through that curtain, and if you don't believe in yourself, the fans won't believe in you or invest in you, and they see that.

I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live national television show, and you are competing to stay on it, then I don't think you should be uncomfortable up there. I think you should sell it and be your own best self.

I hate getting my photograph taken; just because I'm a musician doesn't mean I should have to sell my soul and have pictures of myself on stage with a red face and sweaty armpits plastered over 'Heat!' every week. I'm not a model.

A band which plays songs such as 'Death Knell' or 'Prime Mover' can't just stand on the stage with a shirt and jeans-jacket. It must be more awesome than that.

People say that I'm quite grumpy and negative on stage and that I surely can't be like that off it, but I really am.

Once you learn how to free up in front of the camera, it's like nothing else.

I don't want to be known as 'oh, Dervla, when she's on stage she's very good but she's terribly dreary', or 'another heavy night with Kirwan.'

What you wear can largely govern your feelings and your emotions, and how you look influences the way people regard you. So fashion plays an important role on both the practical level and the aesthetic level.

I'm a fashion icon.