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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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I read a lot - surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, which I've loved since I was in high school. They had it at the library and I always thought that was interesting, even when I was into punk and stuff. Just the history of storytelling and the amount of melancholy a lot of old music has.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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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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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?
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I am asexual. A-sexual. I read somewhere, maybe on Facebook, where somebody said something like, I heard Bradford was gay, but then I heard he was bi. Then somebody wrote, No, I heard he was asexual. And then somebody said, That's bullshit - he totally hit on my friend after a show.
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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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I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.
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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 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've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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I feel very strongly about the subject matter in The Dallas Buyer's Club - about AIDS and people fighting illnesses, and fighting for survival against bad conditions.
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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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