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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.

Elvis Costello

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