What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
BRADFORD COXWhen 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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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’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 obsessed with five different things a day. It’s like lightbulbs in a Christmas light chain.
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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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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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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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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 like playing at public schools. I like when there’s more of a diverse audience. I’ll play wherever people want to hear my music, and I’ll be glad and grateful for the opportunity, but I’d rather not play for a bunch of white privileged kids.
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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 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’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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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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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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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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