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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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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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I see a lot of people doing an '80s thing who weren't even born until the '90s.
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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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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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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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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'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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I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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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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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 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 don't have anything to prove.
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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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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 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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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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