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Songs are more powerful than books.

Elvis Costello

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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
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Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour.
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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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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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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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The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.
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I'm just the mere shadow of my former selfishness. I crave the silhouette of your kiss.
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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.
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I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense.
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Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.
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It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.
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I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.
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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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