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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
Composer
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Athens
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Bradford James Cox
Atlas Sound
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I want to satisfy the listener, exactly. I want to entertain the audience. I want the people to leave the show with the feeling I used to leave shows with when I was young, and I couldn't get over it for another three or four days after it. I just kept reliving the set in my mind.
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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 don't have anything to prove.
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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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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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