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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.

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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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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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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People say 'I don't want to die alone!' But you know what, honestly? I don't want to die with a bunch of people looking at me.
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I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.
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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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I've been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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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 the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.
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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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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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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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I see a lot of people doing an '80s thing who weren't even born until the '90s.
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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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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.
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I like my solitude, and I'm a strong-willed person I'm a very hard-to-be-around person sometimes, I guess.
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I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?
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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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