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When money and fame happen too late, it’s like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.

Bradford Cox

What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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Song Straight Up Writing
I’ve been going through some personal things that have stirred up a lot of old wounds.
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Old Personal Things Wound
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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Car People Sides
Contrary to popular belief, maybe, I’m a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people. And I’m not really super impressed even if you’re my hero.
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Hero Rap Song
We didn’t have MTV, and I was desperate for something. You know, you’re young, you want something off the beaten path. And Twin Peaks was like, surrealism on network TV.
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Desperate Path Twins
I don’t have anything to prove.
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Anything Country People Prove Totally
Musicians and artists are not… it’s not like politicians or something where you can’t really affect them.
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Artist Men Two
Sometimes, I do have something to say, so I’ll sit there and I’ll write a song to someone – and then I just throw it away because it makes me cringe.
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Sometimes Song Writing
I’m obsessed with five different things a day. It’s like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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Different Obsessed
I’ve been going through a lot of… stuff. I need some space, which people were very kind enough to give me, and I feel really gracious about that. Nobody forces me to do things or say things or do interviews.
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Giving Nobody People Space
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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Audience Know Learn Musician Shall
I like playing at public schools. I like when there’s more of a diverse audience. I’ll play wherever people want to hear my music, and I’ll be glad and grateful for the opportunity, but I’d rather not play for a bunch of white privileged kids.
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Grateful Kids School
The same people that always think I’m pretentious will think I’m pretentious, and the people who relate to me will continue to relate to me.
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People Pretentious Thinking
I don’t have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it’s really awful.
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Awful Stuff Writing
I’m a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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Friendly Guy People
For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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Experimenting Me Traditionalism

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