Graham Coxon Professions : MusicianBorn : March 12, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 37 quotes by Graham Coxon I liked Germany; I'm not into Berlin, it's too huge and empty and imposing, but Munich was good. Graham Coxon berlinmunichgermany 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 guitarplayerthinking I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking. Graham Coxon cynicismdrinkingthinking 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. Graham Coxon crushmenthinking 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. Graham Coxon twistsfaceshair 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. Graham Coxon standing-alonemicrophonessingers 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 insecuritypeoplethinking I've always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things. Graham Coxon shoesbootsbeautiful It is ridiculous that I have so many shoes I don't wear. I worry that they're sitting there, being sad. Graham Coxon being-sadshoesworry 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. Graham Coxon lovelyguitarlittles My hobby is my job. it's a jobby! Graham Coxon hobbiesjobs It's the clothes that influence the music I'm going to play. Graham Coxon clothesinfluenceplay I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer. Graham Coxon singersthinking Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that. Graham Coxon lemonsgingersingers 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 places-to-golondonstuff 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 londonhealthypeople 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 singingletting-gostuff 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 pridemeanthinking 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 bandfocusage I'm a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It's just how I am. Graham Coxon jeansshoesboots Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musicianAll Authors
