Jarvis Cocker quotes - page 2

The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn't it? (Jarvis Cocker)
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 start looking at life in a different way. View quote
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I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it. View quote
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I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you've already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on. View quote
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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 what they can afford. View quote
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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 would do it, you might as well do it as long as you can. As long as I can still lift a microphone, then I'll do it, you know. View quote
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There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one. View quote
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It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person. View quote
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We've always been a bit out of touch with reality. View quote
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In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it. View quote
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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 in a week and you're away. (Jarvis Cocker)
Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do. View quote
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I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person. View quote
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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 you spend a bit of time in the place where you were brought up. You kind of realize how that place has had quite a big effect on you or made you a certain way. View quote
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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've found that the songs that come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better. View quote
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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 of sadness to them and that kind of music doesn't really exist any more. View quote
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I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating. View quote
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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 drag. View quote
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I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will. View quote
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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. View quote
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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 this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal. (Jarvis Cocker)
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 haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may. View quote
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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 do it as a rock star, you'll end up in the papers and your life will be made a misery. View quote
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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 it. View quote
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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 there. View quote
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