English - Musician | September 19, 1963 -
It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person.
Jarvis Cocker
GoodI AmPeoplePersonNiceMany
For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided the outcome, why don't I just hand in an essay? Maybe if we talk we'll find something out. I'd rather just have an awkward pause.
MeYouFindSayWhyHand
The good thing about people really is their iffy-ness and dodginess, isn't it?
GoodPeopleAboutReallyThing
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.
PeopleProblemNobodyLovelyGuy
I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.
PeopleAppreciateLanguageWayTry
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.
FatherParentsDJFindAustralia
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.
MusicSadnessYouKnowKindMore
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.'
TimePastSongThinkEnoughYou
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.
AgePastYourselfThoughtLongYou
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.
MeIdeasMoreNonsenseAlwaysStuff
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.
WorkHopeTogetherI AmProudWill
You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it.
AgeYouWantRockProveGet
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