I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way. Jarvis Cocker brilliantcelebratecredit Change image and share on social
My route so far through life hasn't been particularly logical, or even thought out. Jarvis Cocker lifelogicalroute Change image and share on social
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. Jarvis Cocker brightlycheercolour share on social
You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough in the past, that's when you think, 'Now I have to write something new.' Jarvis Cocker driftgraduallypast Change image and share on social
Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance. Jarvis Cocker banddistancedue Change image and share on social
It's good that I managed to hoodwink so many people. I am actually not that nice a person. Jarvis Cocker goodhoodwinkmanage Change image and share on social
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. Jarvis Cocker backbigbite share on social
Hawkwind are one of those bands that people introduce you to because you don't see them on the covers of magazines. I'd heard 'Silver Machine' but Russell Senior, who was in Pulp, got me into them. They had a song called 'Master Of The Universe' and we nicked the title in 1985 for one of our songs. Jarvis Cocker bandcallcover share on social
I'm always amazed by people who blog all the time and tweet all the time, and still get things done. I don't know how they do it. Jarvis Cocker amazeblogpeople Change image and share on social
The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford. Jarvis Cocker affordclassconsume Change image and share on social