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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet. It was a case where it was like, Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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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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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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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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I don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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Usually I'm not really conscious of what's going on. I don't have a lot of memories onstage. At all.
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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. In my case it's kind of weird because I started out being known more for ambient things and ambiguous music, but what's experimental for me is the more traditional structure. For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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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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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 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'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 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 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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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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I've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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