Elvis Costello

You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.

— Elvis Costello

Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.

— Elvis Costello

I woke up and one of us was crying.

— Elvis Costello

I wish you luck with a capital F.

— Elvis Costello

Life for me is about movement.

— Elvis Costello

“Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?”

— Elvis Costello

Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.

— Elvis Costello

“She's no angel. He's no saint.”

— Elvis Costello

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

— Elvis Costello

You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.

— Elvis Costello

I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.

— Elvis Costello

Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

— Elvis Costello

I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.

— Elvis Costello

“Oh, I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused.”

— Elvis Costello

History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.

— Elvis Costello

There's no money back guarantee on future happiness.

— Elvis Costello

I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going…

— Elvis Costello

I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get…

— Elvis Costello

My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention.…

— Elvis Costello

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists,…

— Elvis Costello

Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know,…

— Elvis Costello

There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's…

— Elvis Costello

Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised…

— Elvis Costello

The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take…

— Elvis Costello

[Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business……

— Elvis Costello

Some people can't physically hear things. A kid that listens to Metallica or something can't hear that, because he's filled himself up…

— Elvis Costello

“So you take her to the pictures, trying to become a fixture. Inch by inch trying to reach her, all the way…

— Elvis Costello

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that…

— Elvis Costello

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic…

— Elvis Costello

Nonsense prevails, modesty fails Grace and virtue turn into stupidity While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise And…

— Elvis Costello

If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll…

— Elvis Costello

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, someone who disrupts the daily drag of life just enough to leave…

— Elvis Costello

I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now…

— Elvis Costello

“Strict Time There's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming…

— Elvis Costello

“Bad lovers face to face in the morning Shy apologies and polite regrets Slow dances that left no warning of Outraged glances…

— Elvis Costello

“Sunday's Best Times are tough for English babies Send the army and the navy Beat up strangers who talk funny Take their…

— Elvis Costello

I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned…

— Elvis Costello

Imagination is a powerful deceiver.

— Elvis Costello

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

— Elvis Costello

No use wishing now for any other sin.

— Elvis Costello