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.”
BRADFORD COXThe 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.
More Bradford Cox Quotes
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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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When money and fame happen too late, it’s like pouring kerosene over a fire of self-loathing.
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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.
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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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I see a lot of people doing an “’80s thing” who weren’t even born until the ’90s.
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I read a lot – surveys of vernacular music. A lot of it is the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music, which I’ve loved since I was in high school.
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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 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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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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What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?
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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 think the younger kids need to realize there’s this whole forgotten 90s that people don’t really talk about.
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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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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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