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
Then I recalled that Andersen belongs to the world,
When the media attention switches away from this story onto the next thing that happens in the world, the circumstances will still be there.
They say 'will you stop listing all the song that he's written'. No, I've got a few more I've not told you about yet.
I just hope we keep in our minds that an effort like this can never be too expensive.
I followed The Byrds a lot, and then when they did a country styled record it made me curious to know who these people were that they liked.
There's no such thing as an original sin.
Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she's framed and hung up.
I woke up and one of us was crying.
Though the passion still flutters and flickers, it never got into our knickers.
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.
It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for.
I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years.And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.
I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.
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.