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Days of Dutch courage, just three French letters, and a German sense of humour.

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
German
French
Letters
Courage
Expression
Days
Sense
Dutch
Three
Humour

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Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting to arrange it in another key or something. Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.
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I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.
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I woke up and one of us was crying.
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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.
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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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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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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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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.
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Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.
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Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.
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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 believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.
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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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Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.
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My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.
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You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.
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Serious music usually doesn't pay.
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Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.
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If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I'll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains
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