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 CockerThe 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 CockerBut I've got ideas. I keep my little notebook, I've always got that with me. Hopefully there's more stuff than nonsense in there.
Jarvis CockerI got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may.
Jarvis CockerMy basic position is that the more mixed the society and the more mobility there is in it, the better. That's what makes things interesting. When you get a homogenous society, it's very, very dull, whether that's all working class or all upper class, because everybody thinks the same, everybody looks the same.
Jarvis CockerIf you perform on a stage or you sing a song, it's like you sing your song, and then the words go into the air, and then they go into somebody's body through their ears, so it's kind of like penetrating somebody. It's kind of like having sex with somebody - but, obviously, from a great distance.
Jarvis Cocker