Elvis Costello Quotes - Page 4

When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.

Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.

My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.

I can write orchestrations, but I can't sight-read music and play at the same time. I don't have enough facility.

The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel.

There is something wrong with you if you don't get angry about something.

You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.

I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors.

Serious music usually doesn't pay.

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

There's no such thing as an original sin.

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.

There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.

You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.

Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.

If it wasn't for some acci-accidents, then some would never learn.

I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old.

There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget.

In the tiny torn up pieces of his mind he's irresistible too.

Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.

You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.

She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.

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.

People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.