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Quite Quotes by 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 quite boring actually.…
- 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.…
- 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…
- I travel backwards and forwards quite a lot. I live very near to the train station. I'm kind of playing at being an expatriate, I…
- Culture shouldn't be a pacifying thing. It shouldn't be something that you just passively accept. I think it should be something that, in some ways,…
- There are some quite funny things about getting famous and stuff, but I think there comes a point where you have to think to yourself,…
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