38 Jarvis Cocker Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jarvis Cocker

English Musician

Born: Sep 19, 1963

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

You Old Face Long Young OK Up Just Grow Grow Up

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. Jarvis Cocker

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. Jarvis Cocker

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To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. I guess it was just because I was really into music as a child, and I wanted it to say more. It was the thing, wasn't it? And now it isn't. Jarvis Cocker

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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. Jarvis Cocker

Music You Sadness Kind More Songs Know Exist Very Get Any Them Manipulative Sentimental Really Disney Thing

You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough in the past, that's when you think, 'Now I have to write something new.' Jarvis Cocker

Time You Song Past Think Enough About Something Drift Something New Write New How Gradually In The Past Far Then Now Away

I'm not very keen on ageing. I'm not keen on the physical decay. I probably am quite vain. I think you want to try and look OK for the benefit of other people. Jarvis Cocker

You People Try Think Vain Other Benefit OK Physical Look Am Very Decay Quite Want Ageing Keen

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

Reality Bit Out Touch Always Been

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

Needs Sexy Head Checked Anyone Who Thinks

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

You Think Count Because Around Things

I'm always nervous when I perform anyway. Jarvis Cocker

Nervous Perform Always Anyway

Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd heard 'Silver Machine' but Russell Senior, who was in Pulp, got me into them. They had a song called 'Master Of The Universe' and we nicked the title in 1985 for one of our songs. Jarvis Cocker

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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. Jarvis Cocker

Depression You Man Recording Everybody Say Record Record Company Guys Write Songs He Studio Come Supposed Terrible Because Singles Hear Been Falls Any Listen Famous Then Company Thing

Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else. Jarvis Cocker

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I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now; they think that's going to sort things out. Jarvis Cocker

Dreams Faith Will Think Society Out Taken True Come Sort Becoming Modern Going Heaven Famous Where Modern Society Place Act Your Your Dreams Now Things Basically

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

Life Logical Thought Out Through Particularly Been Far Even Route

You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship. Jarvis Cocker

Relationship You People Other Telly Rather Know Issue Discuss Than Get Where Want Anything Avoid Thing

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you don't want it. Jarvis Cocker

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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 important to prove that indie people could speak. That war doesn't exist anymore. Jarvis Cocker

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I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things. Jarvis Cocker

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For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause. Jarvis Cocker

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