Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes
My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.
Elvis Costello
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As a liberal, I am morally obligated to be pragmatic. What good do I do poor people, elderly people, people who are being discriminated against because of their sexual orientation if I'm not realistic about accomplishing something.
Barney Frank
I like to cook, walk on the beach, go to concerts and look at fine art.
Fran Drescher
Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.
Walker Evans
I was just totally taken by Michael Jackson when I was a little kid, like everyone else.
Karen O
Everything is worth precisely as much as a belch, the difference being that a belch is more satisfying.
Ingmar Bergman
People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
Ogden Nash
Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.
Abraham Lincoln
I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.
Rachel Lambert Mellon
People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
Eden Hazard
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Anne Roiphe
When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.
Luther Vandross
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My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.
Elvis Costello
