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
I'm goin' to take a little trip, down paradise's endless shores. They say that travel broadens the mind, till you can't get your head out of doors.
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone.
Funny, now I can see, how looks can be deceiving.
There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection.
You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.
These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.
You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine.
Patsy Cline belongs shoulder-to-shoulder with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.
Theres so many fish in the sea That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell Who put the old devil in the distorted angel?
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.