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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

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