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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.

Bradford Cox

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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I've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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I want to satisfy the listener, exactly. I want to entertain the audience. I want the people to leave the show with the feeling I used to leave shows with when I was young, and I couldn't get over it for another three or four days after it. I just kept reliving the set in my mind.
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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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When I started having a couple of beers and loosening up, I realized how many years I had wasted going back to my hotel room alone when I could have gone and just had a beer or two.
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I refuse to put myself into a situation in which I have to face some kind of I'm losing it kind of thing. I'm not losing it it's changed. What it is is changing.
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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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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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