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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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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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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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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet. It was a case where it was like, Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man.
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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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You're always as a musician trying to shock yourself or create music that's maybe even too weird for your own taste. In my case it's kind of weird because I started out being known more for ambient things and ambiguous music, but what's experimental for me is the more traditional structure. For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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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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 obsessed with five different things a day. It's like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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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 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 don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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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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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 said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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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 always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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