Graham Coxon
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxonis an English musician, singer-songwriter and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Coxon is featured on all eight of Blur's studio albums, from 1991's Leisure to The Magic Whip, despite being absent from the group from 2002 to 2008 owing to a dispute with the other members. He has also led a solo career since 1998. As well as being a musician,...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 March 1969
CityRinteln, Germany
CountryGermany
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.
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.
Jack Daniels makes us all puke.
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.
I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.
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.
Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.
I love the magic of the studio.
I don't think of myself as a singer really.
I'm still amazed by the process of recording.
I've always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things.
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.
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.
I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.