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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 money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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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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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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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 don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?
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A lot of bands wanna do something new all the time and never repeat themselves, but I'm not so interested in that. If I feel like I can do it better the second time, I'll give it another shot.
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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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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 see a lot of people doing an '80s thing who weren't even born until the '90s.
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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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