Best Elvis Costello Quotations
- I'm drawing from two generations back how to think about music, how to think about why you travel to make music, what the possible pitfalls… All
- Certain songs have been written years apart, but they have a natural continuity to my mind. Apart
- I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it's an… Came
- I've never had any real concern about posterity. I hope some people will be sorry when I'm not here, but I'm not playing for that. Any
- I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused. Amused
- I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. Believe
- And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra,… Arrangements
- My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant. Irritant
- Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing… Good
- And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some… Any
- But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve. Achieve
- Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that. Cookie
- I find humming is very useful. Find
- I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself. Backhanded
- I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist. Good
- I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale. Bigger
- I've always felt writing a song was a bit like going on location. That's true in an almost literal sense. Where you are seeps in… Almost Literal
- I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music. Been
- I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience. Experience
- I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why. British
- I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic. Day
- Life for me is about movement. Funny
- Living a very long time would be a very scary thing. Living
- Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me. Everybody
- People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things then, and sometimes… Advised
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