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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.

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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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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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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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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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 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 don't have anything to prove.
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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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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 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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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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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 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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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 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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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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 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 money and fame happen too late, it's like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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