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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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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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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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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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When money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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I've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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I am asexual. A-sexual. I read somewhere, maybe on Facebook, where somebody said something like, I heard Bradford was gay, but then I heard he was bi. Then somebody wrote, No, I heard he was asexual. And then somebody said, That's bullshit - he totally hit on my friend after a show.
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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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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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The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.
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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 don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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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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My entire education in music was in reading interviews with bands like Stereolab and finding out about Brazilian music or a Romanian composer. You expose yourself to what people you look up to admire.
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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.
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I think people are intimidated by me, and I don't know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
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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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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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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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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