“My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.” ThinkingWaySchoolFatherStarsLinesWhitePlayerMilitaryDadMy DadHallsGrandfatherMy GrandfatherOrphanTrumpetsMilitary School Author:Elvis Costello
“I'm drawing from two generations back how to think about music, how to think about why you travel to make music, what the possible pitfalls of that are for the way your life is structured. The good and bad of all of it get into the mix of what's created, what you're creating.” ThinkingWayTwoLife IsGenerationsCreatingDrawingGood And BadPitfalls 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
“You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.” WayDrugMisery 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
“The radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools tryin' to anesthetize the way that you feel.” WayFeelsHandsFoolRadio 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
“The way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.” WayLooksLittlesFriendshipPartyHeardMinesDressesImpressedNot Impressed Author:Elvis Costello
