January 2010
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December 2009
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What music would you have played at your funeral?
“I’m Your Man” by Wham! I think it’s one of the grossest pieces of music ever. It’s nonsensically happy and it’s got that horrible saxophone in it. I wouldn’t want to make a funeral more tragic by playing something extremely sad.
(Q magazine, July 2000)
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“its like being molested by 4 james blunts with a nostril full of the smell of...”
– Graham’s response to Chris Martin of Coldplay saying they ripped off “Sing” for their last album.
THIS QUOTE IS THE REASON WHY I LOVE GRAHAM. SO POETIC, YET SO BITCHY & DISGUSTING.
Question: A lot of the way this record [self-titled Blur album] sounds reflects what you’ve been listening to, which is mainly American music.
Graham: I can’t really pin it down to just American. I’ve been listening to like..soul, hip-hop, and what people may term as ‘punk,’ but it’s kind of…I’ve been still listening to English things,...
“But electric (guitars)—I’ve lost count. There’s millions of...”
– Graham, Times article
Twitter user RUAndrewBrannan: @grahamcoxon What’s your favorite Blur track?
Graham’s response: @RUAndrewBrannan rather like blue jeans
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“Blue Jeans” is such a lovely melancholy song, it makes me feel sort of happy to know that it’s Graham’s favorite.
