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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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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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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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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've always said I write albums I don't write random songs and then sort them out.
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You don't need to drink if you have emotional problems.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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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 got hit by the car, I became depressed. As a result, I've been on antidepressants and I feel like I have no sexuality left. People complain about that side effect, but I love it. I feel outside of society.
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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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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 don't have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it's really awful.
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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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I always write the first and last song of an album first, and then the middle just kind of happens.
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