#us

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#absurd #any #encounter #i #level

There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#any #because #been #come #company

I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#i #know #operates #proposals #security

You get to a certain age and you just want to prove that you can still rock - that you've still got it. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#certain #certain age #get #got #just

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around. ↗

— Joe Cocker

#around #europe #galloping #i #i am

There are some songs where I'll have had the music for 20 years and then finally the lyric will come through. That's not common but it does happen. Then there are other songs that come really quickly. ↗

— Tim Finn

#common #does #finally #had #happen

I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet. ↗

— Jack Vance

#checks #enormous #gotten #haven #i

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#because #become #cats #enjoy #home

I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell. ↗

— Jack Vance

#i #just #like #seemed #sell

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? ↗