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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Athens
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Bradford James Cox
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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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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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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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I think people are intimidated by me, and I don't know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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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'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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You read about that Black Lips/Wavves fight as a spectator and you're like, Oh man, I'm gonna pick a team to be on! I'm gonna put my two cents in as my status update on my Facebook page or something. Not to sound like an anti-technology person, but it's just a real drag that people live their lives that way.
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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 have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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