I think the younger kids need to realize there’s this whole forgotten 90s that people don’t really talk about.
BRADFORD COXThe 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.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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When I started having a couple of beers and loosening up, I realized how many years I had wasted going back to my hotel room alone when I could have gone and just had a beer or two.
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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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Unfortunately it’s hard for me to be a fanboy for anything these days just because I see so much music.
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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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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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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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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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I want to build an audience that’s willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.
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Usually I’m not really conscious of what’s going on. I don’t have a lot of memories onstage. At all.
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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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That’s what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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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.
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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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