Jarvis Cocker Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 19, 1963

Topics

ThinkingLearnWeekYouPlayThree

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

Jodie Foster

BelieveMoviesPersonalLivedEssay

I can't even explain to you how terrible that feels, that I equate dating a woman with punishment, shame, guilt, disappointment, reproach, reprimand, persecution. It's a nightmare.

John Mayer

WomanDatingDisappointmentGuilt

One of my life principles is that if something isn't working, doing something harder isn't necessarily going to produce the same result.

Angus King

LifeMy LifeDoingResultPrinciples

I never dreamt of being a pop star or being on stage - makeup was always my true passion.

Jeffree Star

PassionMakeupTrueNeverStagePop

I like to do projects that challenge me, and hopefully in turn challenge the audience, or open your eyes to something you're not aware of.

Mia Wasikowska

EyesChallengeMeYouOpenTurn

What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.

Sigmar Gabriel

PeaceWorldCountryBecomeOpen

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

Roscoe Mitchell

GoBellNextWhistleSaxophoneLike

But I do love horses. They are such an expression of joy.

Diane Lane

LoveJoyExpressionHorses

Cannes is the oldest film festival in the world, and I've long dreamed of having one of my films there in competition. It's a dream that lay dormant for a long time; I stopped believing in it.

Denis Villeneuve

TimeCompetitionWorldLongDream

It's really easy to get colors right. It's really hard to get black - and neutrals - right. Black is certainly a color but it's also an illusion.

Donna Karan

ColorsColorBlackEasyIllusion

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.

Boyle Roche

HalfHalf FullMiseryCupBeenFull

Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.

Bradley Whitford

YouWantActorWillMoreWrite

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