Graham Coxon Quotes

I had a real good thing going for me, and I got sidetracked. It doesn't have to be that way. It doesn't have to be drugs. It doesn't have to be alcohol. That part of my life is over.

Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one.

I said, to hell with the whole thing, to hell with show business. I'm gonna make a new life for myself, and I got off drugs, completely kicked all that stuff.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

It's been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can't believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything.

I didn't go to America to be a star, but to try to reclaim my life.

My life has gotten so much better since I turned 40.

I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

So I kind of lost track for a while, then I came back, I pulled myself together and I decided when I was 15 that I'm going to get sober and I'm going to become an actress.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

When certain doors opened around 'Twin Peaks,' I wasn't interested in walking through them. Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children. My life is not dependent on the business in that way.

I basically gave up drinking. Personally, I thought I was drinking too much and, over the long run, it caught up with me.

I am a new man, and the man you see before you is the one I was always meant to be. This decision to be sober is a lifetime decision.

It's emotional for every champion who decides to step down, it's a tough decision. It's probably easier for some, like me. But I'm just going to try to take it in stride. It's part of life.

Well, I'd love to make a decision like that, but I'm not sure how I could change my life.

My understanding of busy has certainly changed! My daughters have had an incredible impact on my life and the way I live it. They are a part of every decision I make. They motivate me to be the best me.

Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.