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We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels.

Elvis Costello
Animal, Instinct, Romantic Poetry
"Elvis Costello: What I've Learned" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music comes from. And romantic poetry. And bad novels.