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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.

~Elvis Costello

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

~Elvis Costello

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Mention Hubert Sumlin, as well, because Hubert's a great man, and again, you know, I don't play the guitar very good, but when I'm playing this kind of music, I always have him in my mind. I wish I could play like Hubert.

~Elvis Costello

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Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

~Elvis Costello

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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.

~Elvis Costello

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Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things.

~Elvis Costello

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

~Elvis Costello

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Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

~Elvis Costello

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Well, 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.

~Elvis Costello

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Well, T Bone's had a remarkable career as a producer since the time that we first worked together. He was dividing his time between recording and producing when we first met, and touring. We toured together and we were great friends.

~Elvis Costello

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: August 25th, 1954

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