Quotes from Bradford Cox

I'm more into Neil Young and radical honesty.

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.

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.

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.

What could be more experimental than me writing a straight up love song?

We didn't have MTV, and I was desperate for something. You know, you're young, you want something off the beaten path. And Twin Peaks was like, surrealism on network TV.

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.

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