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Elvis Costello quotes: History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.
Elvis Costello quotes: You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout. You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout.
Elvis Costello quotes: Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction. Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.
Elvis Costello quotes: What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big bloke.
Elvis Costello quotes: Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone. Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.
Elvis Costello quotes: [Commercial] radio is absolutely the enemy of music. They are my sworn and mortal enemy, and I will have nothing to do with them. [Commercial] radio is absolutely the enemy of music. They are my sworn and mortal enemy, and I will have nothing to do with them.
Elvis Costello quotes: So don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you thinkAnd don't try to read my mind because it's full of disappearing ink So 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
Elvis Costello quotes: Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song. Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
Elvis Costello quotes: Life is so strangeI don't know whyBut somebody, somebody has to cry. Life is so strange
I don't know why
But somebody, somebody has to cry.
Elvis Costello quotes: I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath. I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.
Elvis Costello quotes: I took my better nature out, drowned it in a babbling stream/took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens. I took my better nature out, drowned it in a babbling stream/took the blossom of my youth and blew it all to smithereens.
Elvis Costello quotes: Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"? Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors. I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors.
Elvis Costello quotes: The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless but with time you see things clear and stark The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless but with time you see things clear and stark
Elvis Costello quotes: If it wasn't for some acci-accidents, then some would never learn. If it wasn't for some acci-accidents, then some would never learn.
Elvis Costello quotes: Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you. Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.
Elvis Costello quotes: Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff. Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff.
Elvis Costello quotes: The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel. The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.
Elvis Costello quotes: Women hear rhythm differently than men. Women hear rhythm differently than men.
Elvis Costello quotes: He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge. He's got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge.
Elvis Costello quotes: I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic. I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
Elvis Costello quotes: Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
Elvis Costello quotes: Oh, I know that she's disgusted,cause she's feeling so abused.She gets tired of the lust,but it's so hard to refuse. Oh, I know that she's disgusted,
cause she's feeling so abused.
She gets tired of the lust,
but it's so hard to refuse.
Elvis Costello quotes: 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. 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.
Elvis Costello quotes: 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. 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.
Elvis Costello quotes: You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit. You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.
Now fear is here to stay,
love is here for a visit.
Elvis Costello quotes: Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers. Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers.
Elvis Costello quotes: Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love. Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.
Elvis Costello quotes: There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder. There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.
Elvis Costello quotes: She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake. She's filing her nails while they are dragging the lake.
Elvis Costello quotes: You've got a chemistry class; I want a piece of your mind;You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine ... You've got a chemistry class; I want a piece of your mind;
You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine ...
Elvis Costello quotes: Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes. Oh I used to be disgusted and now I try to be amused. But since their wings have got rusted, you know, the angels wanna wear my red shoes.
Elvis Costello quotes: It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard. It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard.
Elvis Costello quotes: The only two things that motivate me and that matter to me are revengeand guilt. The only two things that motivate me and that matter to me are revenge
and guilt.
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss. I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.
Elvis Costello quotes: The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress. The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.
Elvis Costello quotes: Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes. Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.
Elvis Costello quotes: Oh, I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused. Oh, I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused.
Elvis Costello quotes: The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music. The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.
Elvis Costello quotes: The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel. The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.
Elvis Costello quotes: Even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequal Even in a perfect world, where everyone was equal I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequal
Elvis Costello quotes: Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
Elvis Costello quotes: There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection. There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.
Elvis Costello quotes: I wish you luck with a capital "F". I wish you luck with a capital "F".
Elvis Costello quotes: I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old. I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old.
Elvis Costello quotes: I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist. I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.
Elvis Costello quotes: But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs" and "buts"Cause I love you just as much as I hate your guts But if I've done something wrong there's no "ifs" and "buts"
Cause I love you just as much as I hate your guts
Elvis Costello quotes: The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty. The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.
Elvis Costello quotes: People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music. People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music.
Elvis Costello quotes: It was a real party of swells. It was a real party of swells.
Elvis Costello quotes: When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want. When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.
Elvis Costello quotes: There's a girl in this dress,there's always a girl in distress. There's a girl in this dress,
there's always a girl in distress.
Elvis Costello quotes: It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for. It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.
Elvis Costello quotes: 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 they're ill-advised. 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 they're ill-advised.
Elvis Costello quotes: But it's easier to say 'I love you',than 'Yours, sincerely' I suppose. But it's easier to say 'I love you',
than 'Yours, sincerely' I suppose.
Elvis Costello quotes: I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music. I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.
Elvis Costello quotes: And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians. And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, even though my heart is aching. I should be drinking a toast to absent friends instead of these comedians.
Elvis Costello quotes: You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs. You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.
Elvis Costello quotes: Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things. Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.
Elvis Costello quotes: I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself. I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.
Elvis Costello quotes: Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere. Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.
Elvis Costello quotes: You can't live in the past, and I don't. I'm not nostalgic about my own work at all. You can't live in the past, and I don't. I'm not nostalgic about my own work at all.
Elvis Costello quotes: I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility. 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 quotes: When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down. When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.
Elvis Costello quotes: I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.
Elvis Costello quotes: Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk. Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.
Elvis Costello quotes: For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad. For all the courage that we never had, I'm just about glad.
Elvis Costello quotes: I woke up and one of us was crying. I woke up and one of us was crying.
Elvis Costello quotes: Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking, when I hear the silly things that you say. Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking, when I hear the silly things that you say.
Elvis Costello quotes: It's a breath you took too late.It's a death that's worse than fate. It's a breath you took too late.
It's a death that's worse than fate.
Elvis Costello quotes: He's such a dragHe's not insaneIt's just that everybodyHas to feel his pain. He's such a drag
He's not insane
It's just that everybody
Has to feel his pain.
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now. I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now.
Elvis Costello quotes: I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book. I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book.
Elvis Costello quotes: I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell. I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.
Elvis Costello quotes: You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity. You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.
Elvis Costello quotes: 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 somehow. 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 somehow.
Elvis Costello quotes: You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine. You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.
Elvis Costello quotes: Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being. Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being.
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale. I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.
Elvis Costello quotes: You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument. You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.
Elvis Costello quotes: It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so. It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.
Elvis Costello quotes: But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve. But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.
Elvis Costello quotes: Well, I used to be disgusted.Now I try to be amused. Well, I used to be disgusted.
Now I try to be amused.
Elvis Costello quotes: Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return. Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.
Elvis Costello quotes: These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas. These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
Elvis Costello quotes: Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour. Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour.
Elvis Costello quotes: She's no angel.He's no saint. She's no angel.
He's no saint.
Elvis Costello quotes: I'm not going to get too sentimental, like those other sticker valentines, 'cause I don't know if you are loving some body. I only know it isn't mine. I'm not going to get too sentimental, like those other sticker valentines, 'cause I don't know if you are loving some body. I only know it isn't mine.
Elvis Costello quotes: Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
Elvis Costello quotes: 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 those Complicated Shadows 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 those Complicated Shadows
Elvis Costello quotes: Living a very long time would be a very scary thing. Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.
Elvis Costello quotes: Certain songs have been written years apart, but they have a natural continuity to my mind. Certain songs have been written years apart, but they have a natural continuity to my mind.
Elvis Costello quotes: Death wears a big hat. Death wears a big hat.
Elvis Costello quotes: Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.
Elvis Costello quotes: I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience. I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.
Elvis Costello quotes: Don't start me talkingI could talk all nightMy mind goes sleepwalkingWhile I'm putting the world to right. Don't start me talking
I could talk all night
My mind goes sleepwalking
While I'm putting the world to right.
Elvis Costello quotes: Serious music usually doesn't pay. Serious music usually doesn't pay.
Elvis Costello quotes: Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me. Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.
Elvis Costello quotes: My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant. My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

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