Graham Coxon Quotes

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

  Graham Coxon

  Munich, Berlin, Germany

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• I’m constantly embarrassed. I fidget and twist my hair and pull weird faces and stutter. Some days I feel quite confident, then others there’s a microscopic flaw about myself physically, which will make me embarrassed to walk the streets.

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  Hair, Twists, Faces

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• My hobby is my job. it's a jobby!

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  Jobs, Hobbies

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• 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.

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  Player, Thinking, Guitar

  Interview with Alex McCann, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• Most of America don't even listen to music probably. They just go raccoon hunting or something.

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  Hunting, America, Raccoons

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• I think it's better if blokes can admit that they can have crushes on other blokes. I've probably had crushes but never really sexual crushes on men.

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  Crush, Men, Thinking

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

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  Drinking, Thinking, Cynicism

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• It is ridiculous that I have so many shoes I don't wear. I worry that they're sitting there, being sad.

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  Shoes, Worry, Being Sad

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

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  Beautiful, Shoes, Boots

  Interview with Alex McCann, www.designermagazine.org.

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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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  Singers, Standing Alone, Microphones

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• Jack Daniels makes us all puke.

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  Jack Daniels, Puke

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

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  Play, Clothes, Influence

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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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  Guitar, Lovely, Littles

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• 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.

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  Thinking, People, Insecurity

  Interview with Designer Magazine, www.designermagazine.org.

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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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  Daughter, Mother, Drinking

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• 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.

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  Letting Go, Singing, Stuff

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• 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.

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  Nice, Talking, Long

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

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  Process, Amazed, Stills

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• 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.

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  London, Stuff, Places To Go

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

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  Thinking, Singers

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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• 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.

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  Beer, People, Cheesy

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• I love the magic of the studio.

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  Magic, Studios

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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

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  Thinking, Singers

  Designer Magazine Interview, designermagazine.tripod.com.

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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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  Thinking, Band, London

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• 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

  Mean, Pride, Thinking

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