Julian Cope

Maybe rock 'n' roll isn't music. Maybe people just need to be reminded that the world ain't the way they think it…

— Julian Cope

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

— Julian Cope

The way people see you is the way you really are.

— Julian Cope

My mission was always intended to be slightly outside the public eye, because that makes me appear more interesting than I really…

— Julian Cope

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

— Julian Cope

I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way,…

— Julian Cope

I realize myself that hate wastes a lot of time and energy and I would rather re-direct any energy that I have…

— Julian Cope

I'm trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself.

— Julian Cope

Im going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way,…

— Julian Cope

I signed contracts I didn't think were a good idea but people around me said it was the way forward. It saddens…

— Julian Cope

I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.

— Julian Cope

The TV licence people just can't believe we don't have a television. I'm a bolshie git. I shout at them things like,…

— Julian Cope

I get twitchy if I don't pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then... I have to…

— Julian Cope

The people who make history are not the people who make it who are there but the people who make it and…

— Julian Cope

To rally every black sheep is my goal.

— Julian Cope

I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world…

— Julian Cope