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Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Because Everybody Harmony Just Learned Maybe Me Natural Never Odd Part Perfectly Says Sounds Them

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Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Difficulty Notes Singing Sometimes Write I Write

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You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Came Centre Composer Face Fact Festival Invited Lincoln New New York Nights Opportunity Perform Reputation Songwriter Summer Three York You

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'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Content Decay Imply Like Liked Maturity Me Never Sat Settling Some Sort Think Two Well Word Words I Think

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I'm a working travelling musician, but just on a bigger scale.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Bigger Just Musician Scale Travelling Working

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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.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Anybody Changed Innovation Internet Makes Much Music Overrated People Smaller Than Think Way

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There's no such thing as an original sin.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Original Original Sin Sin Thing

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And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Artists Bit Cases Country Country Music Curiosity Had Little Little Bit More Music Obviously Original Out Searching Seeking Some Started Than Up

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But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Achieve Could Delivery Man Methods Never Things

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I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Add Always Away Because Been Found Had In The Past Nearly Past Really Record Strong-Willed Take Thing Tinker Wrong

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: August 25th, 1954

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