Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. - Elvis Costello
It's a breath you took too late.It's a death that's worse than fate. - Elvis Costello
Can a mere song change a people's minds? I doubt that it is so. But a song can infiltrate your heart and the heart may change your mind. - Elvis Costello
I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. - Elvis Costello
No use wishing now for any other sin. - Elvis Costello
She's no angel.He's no saint. - Elvis Costello
He's such a dragHe's not insaneIt's just that everybodyHas to feel his pain. - Elvis Costello
Death wears a big hat. - Elvis Costello
Life is so strangeI don't know whyBut somebody, somebody has to cry. - Elvis Costello
I could say it was the nights when I was lonelyand you were the only one who'd talk.I could tell you that I like your sensitivity,when you know it's the way that you walk. - Elvis Costello
The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel. - Elvis Costello
Don't wear your heart on your sleeve when your remarks are off the cuff. - Elvis Costello
Oh, I know that she's disgusted,cause she's feeling so abused.She gets tired of the lust,but it's so hard to refuse. - Elvis Costello
You think you're alone until you realize you're in it.Now fear is here to stay, love is here for a visit. - Elvis Costello
The battle with the bottle is nothing so novel. - Elvis Costello