All Jarvis Cocker Quotes
- I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope… Asked
- 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 bit of a… Band
- In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as… Always Thought
- Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long… Brightly
- 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 to… Any
- We've always been a bit out of touch with reality. Been
- Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing. Behind
- You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it. Age
- Well, once you've resigned yourself to the fact that you are the more mature pop performer and you're past the age you ever thought you… Age
- I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through the tabloids for… Bit
- 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 week. Day
- Pornography takes all the reality out of sex and Disney does that to family life. All
- I like bossy girls. I don't like girls who just do whatever they think you want them to do, and follow you around trying to… All
- I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will… Act
- I've stuck to the same things for twenty years. I try to look like a slightly edgy geography teacher. Like what a geography teacher looked… Cords
- I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange.… Day
- Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able… Able
- Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own… All
- I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where I'm from. I wouldn't move back there, but it's funny when… Big
- The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me. Absurd
- Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality… Existed
- I'd been thinking I'd have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords… Been
- I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to… All
- As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to… Achieve
- Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all… All