People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
It's not crazy to want to have certain songs be developed harmonically and still want to make noise with the guitar. And… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Certain songs have been written years apart, but they have a natural continuity to my mind. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I'm drawing from two generations back how to think about music, how to think about why you travel to make music, what… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I don't think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I've had. I was accused of… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
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… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I started with rock n' roll and...then you start to take it apart like a child with a toy and you see… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
You must hold on to the sort of finger-painting aspect of music. That's something I learned, particularly from listening to Neil Young.… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“Was it a millionaire who said "imagine no possessions?" A poor little schoolboy who said "we don't need no lessons?” — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
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