“People think it is all about country music, and I know a lot of country music has come out of there, but like Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dillon was recorded there. A lot of great records; R&B records, jazz records. It's a lot of great players and great studios.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryRecordsPlayerJazzStudiosBobBlondeNashvilleJazz Records Author:Elvis Costello
“People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music.” PeopleSpeakEnormousArrogancePomposity Author:Elvis Costello
“I've never had any real concern about posterity. I hope some people will be sorry when I'm not here, but I'm not playing for that.” PeopleRealConcernSorryPosterity Author:Elvis Costello
“The people with the most resources are the federal government. If you can invade a country halfway across the world in a matter of days, you can surely come to the aid of your own citizens in a shorter order of time.” PeopleIfsWorldCountryMatterGovernmentOrderCitizensResourcesAidsFederal GovernmentHalfway Author:Elvis Costello
“Some people can't physically hear things. A kid that listens to Metallica or something can't hear that, because he's filled himself up with this stuff, he physically can't hear a banjo or a harp or something.” PeopleKidsStuffFilledListen To MeHarpsMetallicaBanjos Author:Elvis Costello
“I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that in somehow the chips capture the soul of a player, that's patent nonsense.” PeopleSoulTechnologyPlayerIndustryNonsenseCaptureChipsMusic IndustryMistrustPatents Author:Elvis Costello
“When you're working with the same band you kind of know their style inside out, and even when you've been working for seven years with the same people, suddenly they'll do something you didn't even think they were capable of.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsKindStyleBandCapableSevenSeven Years Author:Elvis Costello
“When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.” PeopleThinkingWantMatterBordersReliefDocumentsCrossingsExplain Yourself Author:Elvis Costello
“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.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldWritingBookPlaySeemsBeautifulMovingSongNextActorsNaturalLevelsWrittenExpressionDistrustSuspiciousWriting A BookMisguidedNext LevelNatural ThingsBeautiful Love Author:Elvis Costello
“I just got into it like a lot of people through the rock 'n' roll bands in the late '60s that turned to country music, like The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, but particularly through The Byrds because of Gram Parsons, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman (with their 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo). They kind of introduced English kids to Merle Haggard and George Jones and the Louvins (brothers Charlie and Ira).” PeopleKindCountryKidsRocksBrotherBandLateAlbumsRock N RollCharlieRogerSweetheartBuffaloIraRodeoHaggardGeorge Jones Author:Elvis Costello
“The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.” PeopleThinkingWayChangedInternetInnovationOverrated Author:Elvis Costello
“My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.” PeopleThinkingFirstsChildrenDadMy FamilyMy DadCall MeConventionsInitials Author:Elvis Costello
“I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.” PeopleUnusual Author:Elvis Costello
“People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they're ill-advised.” PeopleSaidSometimesCoursesIllRepeats Author:Elvis Costello
“People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.” PeopleMovingSoundHeardHavensPeriodsBlowComplainingFuse Author:Elvis Costello
“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.” PeopleReasonWould BeNamesStageLateAreasObviousSensitiveProvocativeMemphis Author:Elvis Costello
“There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.” PeopleAddChecksCollections Author:Elvis Costello
“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.” PeopleLittlesPastChoicesMy OwnRocksListeningRock N Roll Author:Elvis Costello
