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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Singer-Songwriter
Athens
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Bradford James Cox
Atlas Sound
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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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