"'I was a self-centred, mardy brat for the majority of my 20s,' Coxon says, 'because I saw everything as not being part of my plan. But I didn't even really know what my plan was. I just wanted to be in the Who. But then suddenly it all seemed a bit fake. Everything seemed fake 60s: Union Jack guitars, the news, the Labour party. It was all a bit, um… ' He clicks his fingers. 'What's that chipboard covered with plastic? Melamine. It was all a bit like that. So I used to go to the pub and chat to painters and decorators, because I thought they were funnier, more entertaining and brighter than most people I met in the music industry.'"
Rebecca Nicholson at The Guardian interviews Graham Coxon.
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