Quotes by Jarvis Cocker

“Its OK to grow up, just as long as you dont grow old. Face it you are young.”

“Anyone who thinks theyre sexy needs their head checked.”

“Weve always been a bit out of touch with reality.”

“Is this the way they say the futures meant to feel. Or just 20,000 people standing in a field?”

“Part of what tonight is about is to keep the spirit of John Peel alive. To seek out new music and champion new talent.”

“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

“Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what youre singing.”

“I got a pair of red, synthetic satin womens pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I havent tried the phone number. In times of stress I may.”

“Because if you give everything away then you become a kind of non-person.”

“The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I dont go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week.”

I love your body cause Ive lost my mind If you want someone to talk to, youre wasting your time If you want someone to share your life, you need someone whos alive And if every relationship is a two-way street, I have been screwing in the back whilst you driveI never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow I never said I was big, I never said that I was clever And if youre waiting to find whats going on in my mind, you could be waiting forever Forever and everI can dance you to the end of the night cause Im afraid of the dark I have to confess: Im out of my depth Youre going over my head and straight through my heartSome girls like to play it dirty, some girls want to be your mum Me, I disrespected you whilst we were waiting for the taxi to come My morality is shabby, my behaviour unacceptable No, Im not looking for a relationship, just a willing receptacleI never said I was... I never said I was... I never said I was...I never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow My lack of knowledge is vast, and my horizons are narrow Oh, yeah. I never said I was big, I never said that I was clever And if youre waiting to find whats going on in my mind, you could be waiting forever Forever and ever

And as I touch your shoulder tonight this room has become the centre of the entire universe.

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.

Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but its some kind of quality isnt it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.

Theres the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: Hes supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs youve been recording and then say, Guys, I dont hear any singles. And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasnt it? Thats the place where your dreams will come true. Its an act of faith now; they think thats going to sort things out.

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldnt actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you dont want it.

Unless youre living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, theres no point in being gloomy. Weve spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we dont really need. Weve stopped using our imaginations.