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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.

Bradford Cox

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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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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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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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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I'm obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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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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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 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 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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When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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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'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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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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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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I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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