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I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?

Bradford Cox

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
Composer
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Athens
Georgia
Bradford James Cox
Atlas Sound
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I don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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I think people are intimidated by me, and I don't know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
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I see a lot of people doing an '80s thing who weren't even born until the '90s.
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I like my solitude, and I'm a strong-willed person I'm a very hard-to-be-around person sometimes, I guess.
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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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A lot of bands wanna do something new all the time and never repeat themselves, but I'm not so interested in that. If I feel like I can do it better the second time, I'll give it another shot.
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I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.
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I collaborate a little bit with different aspects of my own mind. I kick my own ass instead of kicking other people's asses.
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I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.
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My entire education in music was in reading interviews with bands like Stereolab and finding out about Brazilian music or a Romanian composer. You expose yourself to what people you look up to admire.
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I'm obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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When I do a record, it sounds more punk and raw. Or it will sound louder, or it will sound more shocking. Or mind-boggling. I'll be trying to figure it out, but once I've got it figured out I'll be like, I know this I know where this came from. I think art is most interesting when the intention is not clear.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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People say 'I don't want to die alone!' But you know what, honestly? I don't want to die with a bunch of people looking at me.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.
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