“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.” PeopleThinkingWantMadePlansImpossibleHeardIndustryExpectationsRidiculousMade ItFixedDigitalFluidImprovisationMusic Industry Author:Bradford Cox
“I don't think you should make music to make music, just to show that you can. That's the opposite of vitality.” ThinkingShouldShowsOppositesVitality Author:Bradford Cox
“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.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSometimesMy OwnIntimidatedIrritated Author:Bradford Cox
“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.” PeopleThinkingLooksMeanEyeWorryRichGrewGrew UpPoundsRelativeLook At MePaying Rent Author:Bradford Cox
“You think about people like Elvis, Kurt Cobain, or the Beatles, who grew up without privilege and needed a certain validation through peoples' acceptance, or admiration from their peers. And money is part of that, but it always comes too late.” PeopleThinkingCertainAcceptanceGrewNeededLateGrew UpPrivilegeToo LateAdmirationPeersValidationCobain Author:Bradford Cox
“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.” PeopleThinkingRelatePretentious Author:Bradford Cox
“I know so many people think my music is quite influenced by Animal Collective, but honestly I think maybe the factor is that we're both influenced by the same stuff.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStuffAnimalMusic IsHonestlyFactorsCollectives Author:Bradford Cox
“I don't think it will ever be lessened. Because I always move on to something else - and the music that I listen to, that I ingest, is a lot different than what I put out. I'm always becoming obsessed with the next phase of my musical vocabulary.” ThinkingDifferentMovingMusicalObsessed Author:Bradford Cox
“When you listen to the Anthology of American Folk Music, or anything like that - a compilation of garage bands from the Northeast in the early '60s - 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.” ThinkingSongListeningMythologyHookGarageJust ListenFolk Music Author:Bradford Cox
“A lot of Appalachian music has a certain haunted, foggy feel to it; a certain sinister quality. And that transcends who is singing it. I think it's good if an artist can represent some kind of culture that they either aspire to ignite, or that they themselves experience.” ThinkingKindArtistCultureQualitySingingSinister Author:Bradford Cox
“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.” ThinkingRealDoneBoring Author:Bradford Cox
“When I do a record, it sounds more punk and raw. Or it will sound louder, or it will sound more shocking. Or mind-boggling. I'll be trying to figure it out, but once I've got it figured out I'll be like, I know this; I know where this came from. I think art is most interesting when the intention is not clear.” ThinkingTryingArtInterestingArt IsIntentionPunkMost Interesting Author:Bradford Cox
“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. I played the theme from Twin Peaks on a little tiny Casio keyboard. People politely applauded. I just fell in love with that song and thought it was very heartbreaking.” PeopleThinkingSongChurchSingingObsessedTwinsHeartbreakingTrue Story Author:Bradford Cox
“I think teenagers just don't have the persistence to pretend to like something they don't anymore. I used to do that - make myself like stuff that didn't immediately appeal to me. When you're 17 and checking out John Cage records from the library. It's not like it's got the hooks of a Ramones record, or a Beach Boys record. But at the same time, you're like, I know there's something in here that I'm supposed to understand. And then eventually you find it.” ThinkingBoysLibraryTeenagerBeachPersistenceHookRamones Author:Bradford Cox
“I don't like the sound of my own voice. And, for people I don't know, their impression of me is what they read on the internet, and they're so far off a lot of the time. 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. I come across as arrogant somehow. 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.” PeopleThinkingSometimesRealitySituationInternetImpressionArrogantLowestIntimidatedIrritated Author:Bradford Cox
“I think the younger kids need to realize there's this whole forgotten 90s that people don't really talk about.” PeopleThinkingKidsRealizingForgotten Author:Bradford Cox
