Elvis Costello (Declan Patrick MacManus) Quotes

Some people can't physically hear things. A kid that listens to Metallica or something can't hear that, because he's filled himself up with this stuff, he physically can't hear a banjo or a harp or something.

Elvis Costello

• People
• Hear
• Metallica
• Banjo

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• Some people can't physically hear things. A kid that listens to Metallica or something can't hear that, because he's filled himself up with this stuff, he physically can't hear a banjo or a harp or something.

  

  Elvis Costello
  • People
  • Hear
  • Metallica