Lead singer and frontman for The Strokes
Son of Elite Models founder John Casablancas and former Miss Denmark and model Jeanette Christjansen (Jeanette Christensen ).
Is lead singer of The Strokes.
When he writes songs, he tries to create a melody first, and only adds the lyrics later. He feels that the bands lyrics are totally secondary to the music.
He can speak some Danish and some Spanish.
Mother, Jeanette Christensen , is Danish and father, John Casablancas , is Spanish.
New album Angles in stores March 22nd, 2011.
Is good friends with indie singer Adam Green.
Married his managers assistant, Juliet Joslin.
Son, Cal Casablancas, born January 2010.
In an interview, he said that his favorite song of all time is Sam Cooke s "A Change Is Gonna Come".
In an interview, he said that he believed The Velvet Underground was a better group than The Rolling Stones.
Desire is individual. Happiness is common.
The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.
I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.
A band is a good way to break up a friendship.
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. .
