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Elvis Costello Quotes - Page 7

All Quotes Art Country Curiosity Dad Giving Heart Listening Music Passion Philosophy Sin Writing
Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.

Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.

Elvis Costello
Walks
Song: Clowntime Is Over No. 2, Album: Get Happy!!, 1980

Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury

Elvis Costello
Sea, Sweat, Mercury
Song: Accidents Will Happen, Album: Armed Forces, 1979

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.

Elvis Costello
Hands, Wish, Want
Song: Radio, Radio, Album: This Year's Model, 1978

Why'd you have to say that there's always someone who can do it better than I can And don't you think that I know that walkin' on water won't make me a miracle man

Elvis Costello
Philosophical, Men, Thinking

It's a dangerous game that comedy plays. Sometimes it tells you the truth; sometimes it delays it.

Elvis Costello
Games, Play, Delay
Song: 20% Amnesia, Album: Brutal Youth, 1994

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant, someone who disrupts the daily drag of life just enough to leave the victim thinking there's maybe more to it all than the mere hum-drum quality of existence.

Elvis Costello
Thinking, Quality, Life Is
Interview with Nick Kent, 1978.

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

Elvis Costello
Passion, Ideas, Curiosity
"Elvis Costello: Interview And Music". Interview with Brian Wise, Ocober 4, 2004.

No use wishing now for any other sin.

Elvis Costello
Wish, Use, Sin
Song: Pump It Up, Album: This Year's Model, 1978

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.

Elvis Costello
Country, Artist, Curiosity

You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout.

Elvis Costello
Relationship, Ifs
Song: Boy With A Problem, Album: Trust, 1981

I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it's an inherently stupid idea to put something like that in a glass case.

Elvis Costello
Stupid, Glasses, Rocks
"Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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