Best Elvis Costello Sayings
- The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty. Cost
- Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink. Advice
- When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down. Dirt
- For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad. All
- The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark. Clear
- There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget. Few
- I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old. Endearment
- There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something. Angry
- You can't live in the past, and I don't. I'm not nostalgic about my own work at all. All
- You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that… Came
- Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me. Expression
- She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake. Dragging
- Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour. Courage
- The wages of sin are an expensive infection. Expensive
- History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. Conceit
- There's no money back guarantee on future happiness. Back Guarantee
- People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music. Arrogance
- 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 was… Classically
- My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to… All
- The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel. Attractive
- My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different… Band
- I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility. Facility
- You must hold on to the sort of finger-painting aspect of music. That's something I learned, particularly from listening to Neil Young. Tom Waits is… Another One
- It's not crazy to want to have certain songs be developed harmonically and still want to make noise with the guitar. And you can have… Both
- There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's not so complicated. Amount
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