167 Quotes by Jarvis Cocker

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.

I 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Noise 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.

People who make good music aren’t necessarily nice people.

If you’re in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it’s nice to have those people who bring you down to earth, but in a pleasant way.