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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.

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Bradford Cox
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: May 15
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Bradford James Cox
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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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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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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'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself?
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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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It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.
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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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It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.
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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'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 don't have anything to prove.
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I'm real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I've done is boring indie rock. I didn't intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.
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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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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 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 have really low self-esteem, and it's not easy for me to put myself on an album cover.
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Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate caste system where it's like, I'm the musician, you're the audience. Never the two shall meet. It was a case where it was like, Hey, you know what? I'm on your level, man.
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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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The Internet nowadays is all sensationalism, and it's just terrifying when you're actually experiencing it as a person.
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