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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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I have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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