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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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I refuse to put myself into a situation in which I have to face some kind of I'm losing it kind of thing. I'm not losing it it's changed. What it is is changing.
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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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I don't have anything to prove.
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I'm real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.
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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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I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.
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I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.
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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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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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 feel very strongly about the subject matter in The Dallas Buyer's Club - about AIDS and people fighting illnesses, and fighting for survival against bad conditions.
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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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I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.
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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 I got hit by the car, I became depressed. As a result, I've been on antidepressants and I feel like I have no sexuality left. People complain about that side effect, but I love it. I feel outside of society.
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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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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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