"A Conservative government is necessary. There is no credible alternative." ― Jarvis Cocker Topic(s): Government More From Jarvis Cocker "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." "I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where I’m from. I wouldn’t move back there, but it’s funny when you spend a bit of time in the place where you were brought up. You kind of realize how that place has had quite a big effect on you or made you a certain way." "Unless you’re living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there’s no point in being gloomy. We’ve spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we don’t really need. We’ve stopped using our imaginations." More In Government "Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets."― Ronald Reagan "We used to play music for fun. Much more than now. Now nobody picks up a guitar unless they’re paid for it."― Leonard Cohen "To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat."― Ai Weiwei