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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?

Bradford Cox

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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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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That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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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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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 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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I've always been interested in writing from other people's perspectives and other gender perspectives.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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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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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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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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 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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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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