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 Cox

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We all come back to our little worlds. by Bradford Cox

We all come back to our little worlds.

littles world

I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty. by Bradford Cox

I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.

radical honesty young

I refuse to put myself into a situation in which I have to face some kind of "I'm losing it" kind of thing. I'm not "losing it"; it's changed. What it is is changing.

kind losing faces

I want to satisfy the listener, exactly. I want to entertain the audience. I want the people to leave the show with the feeling I used to leave shows with when I was young, and I couldn't get over it for another three or four days after it. I just kept reliving the set in my mind.

mind feelings people

I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to get into some "future of the music industry" thing, or where I stand on digital this or that, but I think it's ridiculous that a lot of people in the industry plan so far ahead that it makes a lot of improvisation impossible and makes a lot of people's expectations fixed and not fluid.

expectations people thinking

That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain na... by Bradford Cox

That's what culture is based on, the passing down of a certain narrative by imitation.

imitation narrative culture

My entire education in music was in reading interviews with bands like Stereolab and finding out about Brazilian music or a Romanian composer. You expose yourself to what people you look up to admire.

reading people looks

It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain... by Bradford Cox

It's made me cynical at a young age to see how overlooked certain groups I've admired are.

cynical groups age

I see a lot of people doing an "'80s thing" who weren't even born... by Bradford Cox

I see a lot of people doing an "'80s thing" who weren't even born until the '90s.

80s born people

A lot of bands wanna do something new all the time and never repeat themselves, but I'm not so interested in that. If I feel like I can do it better the second time, I'll give it another shot.

band something-new giving

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.

self-esteem faces reality

People roll their eyes and say, "Oh god, he's not rich or famous." I say it's relative. I mean, look at me: I'm 115 pounds and I grew up without money. To me, I'm rich because I don't have to worry about paying rent. I don't think about money now.

eye mean thinking

Unlike the rest of everyone I hang around with, I don't drink, so I remember what happened after shows. And I have never hit on anyone after a show, I'm not that kind of person. Even if I was attracted to someone, I'd be too shy.

shy kind remember

I am asexual. A-sexual. I read somewhere, maybe on Facebook, where somebody said something like, "I heard Bradford was gay, but then I heard he was bi." Then somebody wrote, "No, I heard he was asexual." And then somebody said, "That's bullshit - he totally hit on my friend after a show."

bradford bullshit gay

I don't have anything to prove. by Bradford Cox

I don't have anything to prove.

prove

I've been used for writing rhythm guitar chords for a long time because it's so easy to play and chords just sound good on it.

guitar play writing

Everything I do is 100% automation, which means I'm just doing it... by Bradford Cox

Everything I do is 100% automation, which means I'm just doing it live.

automation mean

It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want... by Bradford Cox

It was like I was asking for attention, but I didn't really want attention.

asking want attention

Everybody just needs to realize that when you write something you're just in one mood. I was told I needed to write it and it was overdue; I don't even remember what day it was.

writing remember needs

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. I guess I probably feel like that. But I'm obviously not comparing myself to someone as iconic as that.

tired dna people