167 Quotes by Jarvis Cocker

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    I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

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    You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell, he's really nice, he's blossomed'.

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    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, is quite disruptive - makes you think and question things, and actually sparks debate.

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

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    It’s weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don’t really feel like a responsible adult.

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    I don’t really care what someone’s background is; creativity can come from any background.

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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.

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    Everybody’s a bit screwed up, you know. You can take it as symptoms of a disorder, or you can take it as personality. Me, I’d rather think it as parts of personality.

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