Quotes from Jarvis Cocker

Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

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.

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

I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.

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.

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.

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.

I think that's what all art is for - for people to express what it is to be human. That's the purpose of it.

There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.

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.