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.
BRADFORD COXSometimes, 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.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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I don’t have anything to prove.
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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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A song like “Walkabout”, it’s totally imitative. The goal of that song was to make people happy, and I’ve never really made a song to make people happy before.
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We all come back to our little worlds.
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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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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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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’m a really friendly guy, I guess, and I really like meeting people.
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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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You read about that Black Lips/Wavves fight as a spectator and you’re like, “Oh man, I’m gonna pick a team to be on!
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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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I’m real critical of myself. I think a lot of what I’ve done is boring indie rock. I didn’t intend it to be that way, but somehow milk gets added to everything.
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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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Musicians and artists are not… it’s not like politicians or something where you can’t really affect them.
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That’s what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.
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