Elvis Costello Quotes

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

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

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

The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel.

Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

I wish you luck with a capital F.

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

I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now.

[Commercial radio] is owned by one or two corporations now, and they're not in the music business. They're in the advertising business.... So let's not kid ourselves. If you want to hear music, go buy a guitar.