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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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It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.
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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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The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.
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Music is more like water than a rhinoceros. It doesn't charge madly down one path. It runs away in every direction.
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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.
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Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she's framed and hung up.
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Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers.
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I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.
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I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.
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Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.
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And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.
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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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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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When in doubt, play track 4 - it is usually the one you want.
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