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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.

Bradford Cox

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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 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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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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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 don't have anything to prove.
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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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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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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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The Internet nowadays is all sensationalism, and it's just terrifying when you're actually experiencing it as a person.
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