I would rather kill myself than play my own music... I can't stand it when people do that. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isnt it? — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly,… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I'm not very keen on ageing. I'm not keen on the physical decay. I probably am quite vain. I think you want… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I think life is more interesting when everybody's jumbled up together. When people separate out into cliques and things, it's okay, but… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
When I was in Pulp, I actively did more TV stuff because that was during the Great Britpop Wars, and it seemed… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I do want to have that feeling that people are actively involved in something, rather than just consuming something. I suppose that's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
What people have to make sure of is that they're not replicating something that already exists. You really have to ask yourself:… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I was kind of reared by television, but the BBC, it still had that thing - and people are always invoking that… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Often people poopoo melody as if it's a cheap trick to make people like things, but in my experience it's the hardest… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
We live in an age where people are kind of a bit obsessed with celebrity and stuff. You can't help but be… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn't it? — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I used to look at older people who bothered to still attend nightclubs and couldn't help but wonder why. Didn't they realise… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Tabloids invoke freedom of speech, but they're not interested in that, they're just interested in who's shagging whom, who's got drunk. And… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I believe that humans adapt to circumstance. The Internet is quite an unprecedented circumstance, so it's going to take people a while… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's the point.… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
“I love your body 'cause I've lost my mind If you want someone to talk to, you're wasting your time If you want someone… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not ego-led –… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
“And as I touch your shoulder tonight this room has become the centre of the entire universe.” — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do. — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isnt it? — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness… — Jarvis Cocker Copy Share Image
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