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.
BRADFORD COXI think the younger kids need to realize there’s this whole forgotten 90s that people don’t really talk about.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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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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When money and fame happen too late, it’s like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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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.
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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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I’m obsessed with five different things a day. It’s like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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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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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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I want to build an audience that’s willing to follow us in whichever direction we might choose.
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I’m gonna put my two cents in as my status update on my Facebook page” or something. Not to sound like an anti-technology person, but it’s just a real drag that people live their lives that way.
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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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I’m a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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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That’s what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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For me, experimenting involves traditionalism.
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