Jarvis Cocker

“If you are not embarrassing yourself, you are not living.”

“I've always been an outsider. I've always been on the margins.”

“There's no point in being grown-up if you can't be childish sometimes.”

“I'm not a sex symbol. I'm a sex glottal stop.”

“Growing up is just a matter of realizing that you're not the center of the universe.”

“I always thought that 'glam' was a way of making the mundane fantastic.”

“What's the point of being a rock star if you can't be a bit silly?”

“I don't think I'm a particularly good singer. I'm not a belter.”

“The word 'indie' is a simple term but it has a lot of baggage. It's not a genre of music.”

“The common people? I love them. I am one of them.”

“Pop music is a transfer of energy. That's all it is.”

“Class is a construct. It's a way of keeping people in their place.”

“I've always had a problem with the word 'art'. I never know what it means.”

“You have to take an interest in the world around you. You can't just be an artist in an ivory tower.”

“Fame is a perverse thing. It's a thing that feeds on itself.”