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
Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return.
I find it to be the ultimate backhanded compliment when you are compared against yourself.
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.
I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent.
I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.
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.