You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

Elvis Costello

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I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that... by Elvis Costello

I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.

i-love-you-more humor funny

There was not a lot of rock n roll in the house. Our parents didnt think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasnt very hip.

rocks house thinking

I'm not going to get too sentimental, like those other sticker valentines, 'cause I don't know if you are loving some body. I only know it isn't mine.

valentine causes body

Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being. by Elvis Costello

Sometimes I almost feel just like a human being.

feels-just low-self-esteem sometimes

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnie... by Elvis Costello

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

cookies deeper fortune

It's what I do. I don't deserve any awards for this, it's just music. It's just writing songs. You sit down, you write a song, you record it. You tour and play the songs live, dress them up a bit differently, or dress them down.

awards writing song

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"? by Elvis Costello

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?

millionaire imagine said

You've got a chemistry class; I want a piece of your mind; You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine.

mind class fun

There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and... by Elvis Costello

There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.

checks add people

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curi... by Elvis Costello

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

passion curiosity ideas

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

rocks different song

It's what's on the record not what labels on it. You know, that's like getting a box of cornflakes and eating the cardboard.

records labels eating

Why'd you have to say that there's always someone who can do it better than I can And don't you think that I know that walkin' on water won't make me a miracle man

philosophical men thinking

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder... by Elvis Costello

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.

lipstick cover-ups powder

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.

would-be names people

Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.

careers together firsts

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving. by Elvis Costello

Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.

deceiving perception looks

I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years.And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

different-experiences different years

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere. by Elvis Costello

Good manners and bad breath will get you nowhere.

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Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

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