Jarvis Cocker Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
-
America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
-
I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
-
I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
-
I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
-
I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
-
Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves.
-
Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
-
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
-
Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
-
I feel like fashion should not happen in the morning.
-
The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
-
You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
-
Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
-
In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.
-
Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
-
I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
-
It kills me to lose. If I'm a troublemaker, and I don't think that my temper makes me one, then it's because I can't stand losing. That's the way I am about winning, all I ever wanted to do was finish first.
-
Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
-
Scientology always makes me think of that movie 'V' where that woman takes off her mask of human flesh to reveal her true, alien self.
-
I was trying to establish an identity in music, and black and white had nothing to do with it.
-
I just remember falling in love with the old Chris Brown music, where it was, like, that real R&B, and I love the radio smashes he's put out since then, but I go back to his older music for that R&B.
-
You can't 'work through worry and fear rationally,' because fear isn't rational!
-
The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes are settled. If they leave, their claims are closed.
-
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.
