You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples’ acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.
BRADFORD COXI don’t have anything to prove.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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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 want to build an audience that’s willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.
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That’s what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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You’re not necessarily listening to the band and thinking about the lead singer, or the story of the group, or the context or the mythology of the group. You’re just listening to the song and whether or not it has a hook.
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All music is devotional, whether it’s devotion to products, face washes, creams, plastic. Everybody is devoted to something.
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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’m a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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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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Unlike the rest of everyone I hang around with, I don’t drink, so I remember what happened after shows. And I have never hit on anyone after a show, I’m not that kind of person. Even if I was attracted to someone, I’d be too shy.
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I’m not meaning that in a disrespectful way; you go where people want to hear your music. So if that’s where people want to hear me play.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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 played the theme from Twin Peaks on a little tiny Casio keyboard. People politely applauded. I just fell in love with that song and thought it was very heartbreaking.
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Talk to Arto Lindsay and I’m sure he’s tired of people asking him about DNA; he’s probably really into what he’s doing now, which is good stuff.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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