English - Musician | September 19, 1963 -
I speak onstage to try to establish some method of communication. The songs are supposed to be a way of communicating. But speech and drinks and sometimes chocolates are also a way of communicating.
Jarvis Cocker
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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.
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I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.
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Will you see Pulp again? Who knows. I'm not stoking those particular rumours.
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I'm not very keen on ageing. I'm not keen on the physical decay. I probably am quite vain. I think you want to try and look OK for the benefit of other people.
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Money isn't important, but you have to have enough, so you don't have to think about it. Thinking about money is a drag.
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I would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it.
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I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be as sloppy as possible.
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I guess I'm fairly insistent and maybe consistent. If I decide I'll do something, I generally will.
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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.
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Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.
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I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way.
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