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[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
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Elvis Costello
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: August 25
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Guitarist
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London
England
Declan Patrick MacManus
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus
Declan MacManus
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