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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 am asexual. A-sexual. I read somewhere, maybe on Facebook, where somebody said something like, I heard Bradford was gay, but then I heard he was bi. Then somebody wrote, No, I heard he was asexual. And then somebody said, That's bullshit - he totally hit on my friend after a show.
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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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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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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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 always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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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 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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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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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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I've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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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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I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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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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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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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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We all come back to our little worlds.
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