Elvis Costello Quotes

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do.

I was watching while you're dancing away,
our love got fractured in the echo and sway.
How come everybody wants to be your friend?
You know that it still hurts me just to say it.

He's such a drag
He's not insane
It's just that everybody
Has to feel his pain.

The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.

The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

She's no angel.
He's no saint.