Elvis Costello Quotes
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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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Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.
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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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My grandfather and my father disagreed about music, not least of all because my dad wanted to improvise. It wasn't just that he wanted to play different music; it was just that he came off the dots.
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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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When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.
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I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.
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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.
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Imagination is a powerful deceiver.
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There are a few things that I regret, but nothing that I need to forget.
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I feel like a juggler running out of hands.
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The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town.
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There are five things to write songs about: I'm leaving you. You're leaving me. I want you. You don't want me. I believe in something. Five subjects, and 12 notes. For all that, we musicians do pretty well.
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Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.
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When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.
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Serious music usually doesn't pay.
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There's no money back guarantee on future happiness.
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I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell.
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You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.
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She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
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As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, & Understanding?
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No use wishing now for any other sin.
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Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she's framed and hung up.
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I can't say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath.