Elvis Costello Quotes
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What do we care, if the world is a joke? We'll give it a big kiss, we'll give it a poke. Death wears a big hat cause he's a big bloke.
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Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.
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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.
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I wish you luck with a capital F.
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People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music.
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My dad had a steady job with a really major dance band from '54 till '68, and then quit because he wanted to play different music. He wanted to sing about peace. He believed in these things.
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Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.
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The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.
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When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.
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It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard.
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History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.
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Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell Who put the old devil in the distorted angel?
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You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.
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Morrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
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If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I'll call it laughter If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I'll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I'm broken then only death remains.
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You think you're alone until you realize you're in it. Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit.
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There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's not so complicated.
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I could promise that I'll always be true to you, but we may not live to be so old.
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I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).
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I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors.
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There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget.
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It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.
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The theme of exile is attractive to me, because it's sort of like the family business. Not just music, but travel.
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Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?