Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus, better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement of the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album, My Aim Is True, was recorded in 1977. Shortly after recording it he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 August 1954
CityLondon, England
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.
Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now I'm writing a book, now I'm being an actor. It should be a natural thing. I think it's a natural thing for you to act. But I think that people that feel that, because they've written one maybe quite beautiful love song that equips them to play Romeo, is probably misguided.
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.
As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, & Understanding?
Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.
I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.
I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it's an inherently stupid idea to put something like that in a glass case.
I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.
I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.
I find humming is very useful.
Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.