Elvis Costello Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.”

“I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.”

“Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.”

“People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they're ill-advised.”

“Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.”

“Songs are more powerful than books.”

“These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.”

“I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time.”

“And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.”

“My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.”