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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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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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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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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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The Internet nowadays is all sensationalism, and it's just terrifying when you're actually experiencing it as a person.
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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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I'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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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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I don't leave my room, and all I am surrounded by are guitars and equipment, y'know? It's not always the best place to be.
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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste.
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