The best Quotes by Elvis Costello

The best Quotes by Elvis Costello

Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (born 25 August 1954), better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English songwriter, singer, record producer, author, television presenter and occasional actor.

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.

I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

Quotes about Elvis Costello

For me, growing up in New York, it started with Elvis Costello and the Clash and then got into louder things like Bad Brains and Stimulators, because those were, like, the local bands. Then I started getting into bands from England like the Slits. I remember seeing Gang of Four at Irving Plaza; that was a really big show for me.

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I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.

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In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.

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There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.

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The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.

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Things change. I used to have a real resistance to it and hold on to things, but let things happen and go with it, and you will actually go through it, and it's a lot less stressful.

We never set out to be superstars.

Thinking about the cold weather in England... Don't be afraid to rock the David Niven look.

We have rocked the ozone radically, man. They could probably fix the ozone if everybody stopped what they were doing and they put some cement up there.

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

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