23 ordspråk av Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
 [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. |
| Born on the Bayou. |
| I didn't want it to sound like a pastiche of Andersen, |
| I just hope we keep in our minds that an effort like this can never be too expensive. |
| I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused. |
| I've always thought of myself as a ballad singer who could sing rock 'n' roll, not the other way around, |
| I've been asked to sing and that's what I do. People come (to this event) for all the right reasons. |
| It would be a surprise if people thought I would be playing a lot of rock 'n' roll. |
| My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant. |
| Peace, Love and Understanding |
| Seems to me, that the worlds are moving closer together rather than one invading the other. I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. |
| Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. |
| The songs will tell a story that I have imagined existing between the lines of Andersen's biography and some of his most famous tales, ... They speak of a misfit's love for an unattainable woman and a struggle between a huckster and someone who composes music in secret. |
| The words that are being spoken are serious, whether you take them at face value or listen to them at all, ... I'm not a preacher, I'm a singer. I can sing about serious things, but I don't think I have to put on a pious face to do it. |
| Then I recalled that Andersen belongs to the world, |
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