I get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I've always felt writing a song was a bit like going on location. That's true in an almost literal sense. Where you… — 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
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
I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist. — 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
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
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
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
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 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
