freeing the spirit, looking at life in a different way (19 September 2016)

Shomei Tomatsu, Smoking Prostitute, Nagoya, 1958

I’ve got to an age where I just can’t be arsed doing things that make me feel crap. So you may as well just do things that you enjoy.

- Jarvis Cocker, The Times, May 2009

Ben Quilty, One Hit Budgie, 2004


Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.

- Jarvis Cocker

Being young isn't about age, it's about being a free spirit. You can meet someone of 20 who's boring and old, or you can meet someone of 70 who's youthful and exciting. I met Fred Astaire when he was 72 and I was 21, and I fell in love with him. He certainly was a free spirit.

- Twiggy

   
Cy Twombly, Suma, 1982

I am passionate about keeping the human dimension in things. You have to keep the rough edges and the inconsistencies, that's what makes it interesting. I've always striven to be as sloppy as possible.

- Jarvis Cocker

the very pretty herpes virus

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

Sanna Kannisto, Private Collection & Field Studies, 2003



My route so far through life hasn't been particularly logical, or even thought out.

- Jarvis Cocker