Jarvis Cocker

People who make good music aren't necessarily nice people.

— Jarvis Cocker

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

— Jarvis Cocker

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an…

— Jarvis Cocker

“And as I touch your shoulder tonight this room has become the centre of the entire universe.”

— Jarvis Cocker

I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

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Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a…

— Jarvis Cocker

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do.…

— Jarvis Cocker

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

— Jarvis Cocker

I would rather kill myself than play my own music... I can't stand it when people do that.

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I always feel like there are specific things about Houston. There's one museum in particular in Houston. So many of the things…

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Culture shouldn't be a pacifying thing. It shouldn't be something that you just passively accept. I think it should be something that,…

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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…

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I think life is more interesting when everybody's jumbled up together. When people separate out into cliques and things, it's okay, but…

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France is a republic, and the rules in theory have been made by everyone rather than imposed by a dictatorship or king…

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Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd…

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I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through…

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The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind…

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You know when you're thinking about what you want to be when you grow up, or how you want your life to…

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I was kind of reared by television, but the BBC, it still had that thing - and people are always invoking that…

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I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's…

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I do want to have that feeling that people are actively involved in something, rather than just consuming something. I suppose that's…

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You try and imagine what it must have been like to first see something moving on a screen. It must have blown…

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I've stuck to the same things for twenty years. I try to look like a slightly edgy geography teacher. Like what a…

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The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day…

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Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell…

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I travel backwards and forwards quite a lot. I live very near to the train station. I'm kind of playing at being…

— Jarvis Cocker

We live in an age where people are kind of a bit obsessed with celebrity and stuff. You can't help but be…

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You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got…

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But I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in…

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The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn't it?

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I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose…

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It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel…

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It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.

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I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.

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I like bossy girls. I don't like girls who just do whatever they think you want them to do, and follow you…

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The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by…

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I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

— Jarvis Cocker

Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some…

— Jarvis Cocker

Paris is like a beautiful woman, but she's very haughty, she's not interested in you. She's very nice to look at but…

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I am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is…

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