There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent. - Elvis Costello
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent.
- Elvis Costello
I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go… - Elvis Costello
I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see there's blues and there's country...Then you go…
When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want. - Elvis Costello
When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.
Songs are more powerful than books. - Elvis Costello
Songs are more powerful than books.
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. - Elvis Costello
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel. - Elvis Costello
The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.
The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can sure… - Elvis Costello
The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can sure…
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused. - Elvis Costello
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.
Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction. - Elvis Costello
Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.
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