Quote

But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.

Elvis Costello

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
Composer
Guitarist
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
Never
Men
Delivery
Methods
Method
Achieve
Things

More quotes by Elvis Costello

Image
It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth sometimes it delays it.
Elvis Costello
Image
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
Image
You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.
Elvis Costello
Image
Why can't a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down
Elvis Costello
Image
[Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business.... So let's not kid ourselves. If you want to hear music, go buy a guitar.
Elvis Costello
Image
Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.
Elvis Costello
Image
It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.
Elvis Costello
Image
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
Elvis Costello
Image
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
Image
They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio.
Elvis Costello
Image
There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.
Elvis Costello
Image
I wish you luck with a capital F.
Elvis Costello
Image
Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better.
Elvis Costello
Image
When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.
Elvis Costello
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 are seeps in somehow.
Elvis Costello
Image
There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.
Elvis Costello
Image
Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.
Elvis Costello
Image
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
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
Image
Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she's framed and hung up.
Elvis Costello