Jarvis CockerI 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;… ▶375HopeHumanityThought
Jarvis CockerFor 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… ▶355Reading
Jarvis CockerI do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do. ✨ Interview with Elizabeth Peyton, www.interviewmagazine.com… ▶377PoliticsTime
Jarvis CockerDon't think that the things around you don't count, because they do. ✨ Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle… ▶334Thought
Jarvis CockerI would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it. ✨ This much I know. Interview with Polly Vernon, www.theguardian.com. May… ▶367Life
Jarvis CockerI am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be … ▶313HumanityLove
Jarvis CockerThe 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… ▶314SadnessTime
Jarvis CockerI've stuck to the same things for twenty years. I try to look like a slightly edgy geography teacher. Like what a geography teacher looked like when I was in school. Cords, sensib… ▶272Truth
Jarvis CockerPornography takes all the reality out of sex and Disney does that to family life. ✨ The Big Issue Magazine, 2006.349LifeTruth
Jarvis CockerAnyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.294Thought
Jarvis CockerI'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem with people in bands and celebrit… ▶273HumanityLove
Jarvis CockerI'm always nervous when I perform anyway. ✨ Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle'. Interview with Decc… ▶273Death
Jarvis CockerIts OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young. ✨ Jarvis Cocker (2011). Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics, p.147, Faber & Faber274Love
Jarvis CockerIt's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.318Humanity
Jarvis CockerWell, 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 lon… ▶242ThoughtTimeTruth
Jarvis CockerYou get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.254Time
Jarvis CockerI 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 str… ▶298Time
Jarvis CockerThe 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… ▶309Thought
Jarvis CockerI'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 thi… ▶254ReflectionThoughtTime
Jarvis CockerI like bossy girls. I don't like girls who just do whatever they think you want them to do, and follow you around trying to please you all the time.3010ThoughtTime
Jarvis CockerThe things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week. ✨ Pulp by Imogen Tilden, www.theguardia… ▶202Life
Jarvis CockerI'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.191HumanityTime
Jarvis CockerNoise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing.258Reading
Jarvis CockerUnless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by s… ▶258DeathHopeLife
Jarvis CockerBut 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.2710HopeReadingThought
Jarvis CockerThere'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 th… ▶226Philosophy
Jarvis CockerMoney isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag. ✨ This much I know: Jarvis Cocker. Interview with Po… ▶204Thought
Jarvis CockerWe've always been a bit out of touch with reality.183Truth
Jarvis CockerPart of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance.2510Humanity
Jarvis CockerI am proud, and more than a little excited, to be asked to work with Faber in an editorial capacity. It is my dearest hope that we will produce some fantastic books together. 183HopeReading
