Soundtrack of my life: Jarvis Cocker

The Saint Martins College student turned cultural provocateur reveals his inspirations to Will HodgkinsonThe first song I heardWhere do you go to (my lovely), Peter Sarstedt (1969)I'm interested in the way songs stick with you and mean different things at different times. When I was four or five this really scared me because of the line "I can look inside your head". Years later, I was in Amsterdam and declaiming the song to my then-girlfriend, and I almost had a citizen's arrest put on me by ...

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23:01 on April 18 2009

The interview: Patrick Wolf

Guardian Music — He's Britain's most innovative, radical, creative and, yes, ridiculous, pop star, whose overt sexuality, visual flamboyance and unusual lyrics set him apart from all his ... more info

23:01 on April 18 2009

Soundtrack of my life: Jarvis Cocker

Guardian Music — The Saint Martins College student turned cultural provocateur reveals his inspirations to Will HodgkinsonThe first song I heardWhere do you go to (my lovely), Peter Sar... more info

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