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When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
Bradford Cox
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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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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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You read about that Black Lips/Wavves fight as a spectator and you're like, Oh man, I'm gonna pick a team to be on! I'm gonna put my two cents in as my status update on my Facebook page or something. Not to sound like an anti-technology person, but it's just a real drag that people live their lives that way.
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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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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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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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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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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'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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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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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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We all come back to our little worlds.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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I don't have anything to prove.
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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 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 been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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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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Everybody just needs to realize that when you write something you're just in one mood. I was told I needed to write it and it was overdue I don't even remember what day it was.
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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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