The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn’t it? Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
I’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 celebrities or whatever. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
I’d always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He’s just recently retired. And I kind of didn’t want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
But 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. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
I 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. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock – that you’ve still got it. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
Part 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. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
