Graham Coxon Quotes

• I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.

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• I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they’re English or American, from Manchester or London… or Leeds or Welsh or Irish.

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• I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

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• I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It’s a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.

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• I sing, but I don’t think of myself as a singer.

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• I love the magic of the studio.

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• I liked Germany; I’m not into Berlin, it’s too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good.

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• I had a breakthrough, I think my life just became calmer, I gave up drinking. My priorities changed as I had a young daughter. The group didn’t want me to record for the Think Tank album… so I took it as a sign to leave.

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• I don’t think of myself as a singer really.

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• But those audiences in Spain, they were just so stoned. I don’t like playing to audiences like that because they just don’t do anything. I’m up here with my band and we’re working really hard and they are just stoned.

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• But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.

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• Being a singer now I have to get all fussy… I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

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• A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.

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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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