Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes

My sense of history in music is much greater than a lot of people's. I listen a lot further back in the whole history of music. It's not just pop music of the last 20, 30, 40, 50 years. I'm listening to stuff from hundreds of years ago as well, because you can learn from everything.

Elvis Costello

Quotes to Explore

I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

Walter Huston
- Simple
- Better
- Voice
I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.

Ace Frehley Kiss
- Rock
- Just
- Expect
For 'Regulate,' I was at home, and I came up with it. I was listening to Michael McDonald's 'I Keep Forgettin'.' It was a record that I always loved, from being a kid and my parents playing it when they had their company of friends over. It was a record that just stuck in my head, and it just felt good.

Warren G
- Up
- Good
- Home
I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.

Harold H. Greene
- Time
- Day
- Become
My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.

Aaron Sanchez
I think we should all call ourselves feminists.

Hanna Rosin
- Think
- Call
- Feminists