Graham Coxon Quotes

• You know Manchester is always a bit of a hard place for people coming from London, just with all the history. Manchester has this immensely huge and healthy history musically.

  Graham Coxon

• With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own self I needed to develop quite a bit more. So that put Blur down the list of priorities quite a lot by the time I came to thinking about it.

  Graham Coxon

• When Blur first started and we were playing Manchester the Hacienda was the place to go. That was where a lot of exciting stuff was happening and London was pretty dead.

  Graham Coxon

• There’s a focus that hasn’t been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.

  Graham Coxon

• There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it’s a flighty thing at best.

  Graham Coxon

• There are a lot of people who can do it on the guitar and sing at the same time, but I think what is harder is bass players that can play the bass and sing.

  Graham Coxon

• The other guys drink, but they don’t drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they’re slightly respectful of the fact that I’m off it, so it’s not a problem.

  Graham Coxon

• Playing and singing at the same time is pretty cool, but sometimes it’s difficult to know when you can just really let go a bit because you’ve got to get back to bloody microphone and sing some stuff.

  Graham Coxon

• Manchester has it’s own pride and London has it’s sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well.

  Graham Coxon

• Like, Mission Of Burma to me always sounded almost like they were part of the British Arty New Wave. I kind of like that. I like not being able to tell the difference.

  Graham Coxon

• It’s the faster bands that made me want to play guitar, bands like The Jam.

  Graham Coxon

• It’s the clothes that influence the music I’m going to play.

  Graham Coxon

• It’s mostly Mars Bars and peanuts and cheese and you go to the fridge and there’s Red Bull and Beer. It’s not like people are holding me down and pouring beer in my face.

  Graham Coxon

• It’s a bit loose and the people in my group have got other groups. They don’t have to have a total allegiance to me. I think that’s really a bit weird and showing some weird insecurity.

  Graham Coxon

• It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven’t really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time.

  Graham Coxon

• I’ve always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things.

  Graham Coxon

• I’m still trying to discover my position on my own artwork and hopefully at this exhibition someone will come and tell me. I’m open to listening to criticism.

  Graham Coxon

• I’m still amazed by the process of recording.

  Graham Coxon

• I’m not going to pretend that I am the best thing in their life and they have to be totally loyal.

  Graham Coxon

• I’m a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It’s just how I am.

  Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon (33)

Birth:	12th March, 1969
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Singer

About

Graham Leslie Coxon came to prominence as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Blur, and is also a critically acclaimed solo artist, having recorded eight solo albums. His artistic and musical contribution is featured on all seven of Blur's studio albums, from 1991's Leisure to 2003's Think Tank. Although credited as a songwriter on most Blur tracks, his most significant lyrical contributions appeared on the hit singles "Tender" and "Coffee & TV"; a number of tracks in the band's catalogue were also penned mainly by Coxon.

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