The 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 come out of nastier, more misanthropic places are better. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
My route so far through life hasn’t been particularly logical, or even thought out. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It’s a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
I’d been thinking I’d have to learn how to play really well, but obviously the message of punk was that you just learn three chords in a week and you’re away. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you’ve picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn’t really be in your mind. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
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. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can’t rescue a dog of a song. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote
I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you’re never going to capture something that’s really natural – just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you’ve already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on. Jarvis Cocker Read Quote