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Elvis Costello Quotes

British - Musician | August 25, 1954 -

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

Music Past People Listening Choices

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

Women Men Rhythm Than Differently

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

Happiness More Cookie Fortune Deeper

I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.

Music Lucky Listen Different Been

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

Life Vocation Ultimate Irritant

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

Music Believe Marketing Connected

I find humming is very useful.

Find Useful Very Humming

I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.

Life Experience People Unusual Far

People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.

People You Move On Become Sound

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it.

Love Music Me Feel Understand Sense

There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie.

Lie Critics Strengths Where Who

There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasn't very hip.

Parents Think You House Rock Up

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