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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
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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
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Don't tell me you don't know what love is When you're old enough to know better.
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It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.
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My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
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The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.
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It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.
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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, because Tom's music is incredibly sophisticated and beautifully arranged, but he's using a toolbox that's unlike anybody else's.
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Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
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I find humming is very useful.
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I woke up and one of us was crying.
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You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
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The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.
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It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.
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I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn't have a twist.
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I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility.
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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, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.
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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.
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
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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.
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