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Blackbook Mag: What would you be doing now if you weren’t in a successful band?

Bradford Cox: I’d be in an unsuccessful band. I think that my life is designed to be a sort of spectacle, and whether you’re happy or not, I don’t know if it depends so much on your level of success. I know happy people who work at the video store two nights a week and go out for a burrito after work. Some people are happy because they have a good girlfriend or boyfriend and they look after each other. Other people are real happy because they have a fucking $80,000 sports car and their wife is cheating on them. Other people would say none of these people are happy and it’s all a desperate illusion.