Jarvis Cocker Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.”

“Unless 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 spending money on brightly coloured things we don't really need. We've stopped using our imaginations.”

“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.”

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

“Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.”

“I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.”

“The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn't it?”

“The 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.”