Elvis Costello Quotes

• I’ve been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.

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• I’d been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.

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• I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

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• I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way.

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• I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I’ve tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong.

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• I find humming is very useful.

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• I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

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• But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.

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• And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.

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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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• And I don’t feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don’t understand it or I don’t have some love for some part of it.

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• If you don’t know what is wrong with me, then you don’t know what you’ve missed.

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• Women hear rhythm differently than men.

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Elvis Costello (33)

Birth:	25th August, 1954
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lyricist, Musician, Record Producer, Singer

About

Elvis Costello was born in Paddington, London, UK. Declan Patrick MacManus, better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album, My Aim Is True, was recorded in 1977. His second album, This Year's Model, was released in 1978. His third album, Armed Forces, was released in 1979, and features his most successful single "Oliver's Army". He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award, and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award.

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