Jarvis Cocker

You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

— Jarvis Cocker

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

— Jarvis Cocker

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

— Jarvis Cocker

There isn't much I find interesting to write about in middle-class life.

— Jarvis Cocker

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

— Jarvis Cocker

Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.

— Jarvis Cocker

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway.

— Jarvis Cocker

We've always been a bit out of touch with reality.

— Jarvis Cocker

Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of…

— Jarvis Cocker

I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified…

— Jarvis Cocker

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

I would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it.

— Jarvis Cocker

In a song you can kind of stage-manage everything so that it puts you in a good light. And once a song…

— Jarvis Cocker

The best thing you can give someone is the freedom to make their own mind up - and then, if it's not…

— Jarvis Cocker

Pornography takes all the reality out of sex and Disney does that to family life.

— Jarvis Cocker

My route so far through life hasn't been particularly logical, or even thought out.

— Jarvis Cocker

Everybody's a bit screwed up, you know. You can take it as symptoms of a disorder, or you can take it as…

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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

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…

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When I was in Pulp, I actively did more TV stuff because that was during the Great Britpop Wars, and it seemed…

— Jarvis Cocker

You have to create a bespoke cultural environment. I know this may be a kind of thing that an old person says,…

— Jarvis Cocker

Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler…

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In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you…

— Jarvis Cocker

The most entertaining songs don't always come from a nice place. In songs where I think I'm being really sensitive, they seem…

— Jarvis Cocker

There seems to be a contradiction in the fact that there's more music around and more channels or downloading music or more…

— Jarvis Cocker

I love the Beatles. I haven't named any kids after them but I still really love them. They were the first group…

— Jarvis Cocker

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places…

— Jarvis Cocker

The thing about radio is that it's got an intimate feel. What I like is that you don't have to give it…

— Jarvis Cocker

Human beings aren't meant to be solely consumers - eventually, something has to come out. Otherwise, I don't really see what the…

— Jarvis Cocker

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

It’s interesting that most gadgets are called ‘iPhone’ and ‘iPod,’ with that ‘i’ prefix, which is ego. But most creativity is not…

— Jarvis Cocker

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way…

— Jarvis Cocker

“I love your body 'cause I've lost my mind If you want someone to talk to, you're wasting your time If you…

— Jarvis Cocker

[Jeffrey Lewis is] The best lyricist working in the US today.

— Jarvis Cocker

Will you see Pulp again? Who knows. I'm not stoking those particular rumours.

— Jarvis Cocker

The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isnt it?

— Jarvis Cocker

A song can't be completely serious if you rhyme melodic with alcoholic.

— Jarvis Cocker

Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.

— Jarvis Cocker

A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative.

— Jarvis Cocker

Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.

— Jarvis Cocker