In reality, I’ve probably got the lowest self-esteem of anybody I know, which has really been rubbed in my face lately in personal situations.
BRADFORD COXI think people are intimidated by me, and I don’t know why. Sometimes even my own bandmates can be intimidated, or irritated, by me.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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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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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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When I go on a nostalgia trip it’s not aesthetic. For me it’s about trying to recapture the smell or the feeling of something that I’ve experienced in the past personally.
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I need punk rock. It’s the medicine for me, but it’s bitter and sickening. If you don’t need it – if you’re happy and healthy – run toward that.
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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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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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We all come back to our little worlds.
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Musicians and artists are not… it’s not like politicians or something where you can’t really affect them.
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I don’t have anything to prove.
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The first thing I think I ever played in public, aside from singing in church, would have been – and this is a true story – when I was about nine or 10 years old, I was obsessed with Twin Peaks.
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I don’t have the capacity to write stuff consciously. When I do, it’s really awful.
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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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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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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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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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