Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician, actor and presenter. As the front man of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Brit pop genre of the mid-1990’s. Following Pulp’s hiatus, Cocker has pursued a solo career and presents a BBC Radio 6 Music show called Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service.

Date of birth:
19th September, 1963
"When I was in Pulp, I actively did more TV stuff because that was during the Great Britpop Wars, and it seemed important to prove that indie people could speak. That war doesn’t exist anymore."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): War
"You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I’d rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Relationship
"The thing with Disney songs is they’re very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know – there’s a kind of sadness to them and that kind of music doesn’t really exist any more."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Music
"To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really – well there’s plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. I guess it was just because I was really into music as a child, and I wanted it to say more. It was the thing, wasn’t it? And now it isn’t."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Music
"For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Music
"If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you’ve picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn’t really be in your mind."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Music
"Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you’ve got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Music
"I’ve always had an eye for nature, but it’s the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don’t want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Nature
"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."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Money
"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."
― Jarvis Cocker
Topic(s): Hope

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