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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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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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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'm a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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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 anything to prove.
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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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