Paris is like a beautiful woman, but she's very haughty, she's not interested in you. She's very nice to look at but you can't quite get it together ….

What people have to make sure of is that they're not replicating something that already exists. You really have to ask yourself: "Is there a point in….

Pornography takes all the reality out of sex and Disney does that to family life..

There seems to be a contradiction in the fact that there's more music around and more channels or downloading music or more channels on TV, and yet a….

The things in my songs are the edited highlights of my life. I don't go seeking out strange sexual experiences every day of the week..

If 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….

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way..

I'd never really wanted to have a really 'private' life before. But when somebody starts delving into it and printing details through the tabloids fo….

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a problem wit….

I'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly..

I would like to believe in an afterlife; it makes things more palatable. But I'm not banking on it..

But 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..

I don't think people should abuse the fact that they are in showbiz. You still have to be human. I think that's the point. Showbiz is about showing h….

There are some quite funny things about getting famous and stuff, but I think there comes a point where you have to think to yourself, "Well, am I do….

In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as a rock star, you'll e….

Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became ….

Tabloids invoke freedom of speech, but they're not interested in that, they're just interested in who's shagging whom, who's got drunk. And if you ta….

I used to look at older people who bothered to still attend nightclubs and couldn't help but wonder why. Didn't they realise how foolish they looked?….

If you're in a band or think of yourself as a slightly creative person, you can get quite self-indulgent, so sometimes it's nice to have those people….

Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacit….

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 ….