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

Songs are more powerful than books.

- Elvis Costello

Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent.

- Elvis Costello

The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.

- Elvis Costello

When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.

- Elvis Costello

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

- 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…

- Elvis Costello

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

- Elvis Costello

Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.

- Elvis Costello