“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
“Anything that has to travel all the way down from your cerebellum to your fingertips, there's a lot of things that can happen on the journey. Sometimes I'll listen to records, my own stuff, and I think god, the original idea for this was so much better than the mutation that we arrived at.” ThinkingWayIdeasSometimesHappensStuffMy OwnRecordsJourneyOriginalsFingertipsOriginal IdeasMutation Author:Elvis Costello
“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.” WritingPlaySongBitsRecordsDeserveDressesAwardsWriting Songs Author:Elvis Costello
“Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.” WritingDifferentHandsTogetherRecordsPersonalitySingersDifferent Things Author:Elvis Costello
“I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way.” KnowsMenWayAudienceRecordsDirectCommunicateContrastDelivery Author:Elvis Costello
“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.” KnowsRecordsEatingBoxesLabels Author:Elvis Costello
“You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.” NeedsRecordsReleasePlatformsObscurity Author:Elvis Costello
