'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Well there's a line that you must toe and it'll soon be time to go but it's darker than you know in… — 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
Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his… — 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
