22 Things You Learn Hanging Out With Julian Casablancas — rollingstone.com

Julian Casablancas is famously press-shy, but the singer agreed to an interview in support of his excellent new album Tyranny with the Voidz. Over several hours on a recent weeknight in New York's East Village, the singer opened up about everything from his difficult teenage years to why he had a hard time enjoying the Strokes' early success to his new obsession with politics. He also explained why he rarely does interviews: "I don't like exploiting your personal life. You already have to be so vain to perform, to go onstage and say, 'Look at me!' But it's more inspiring, better for your personal business, to keep some [mystery]." Here are 22 pieces of info that chip away at the mysterious Casablancas:

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