298 Quotes by Elvis Costello

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.

As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity, I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout Peace, Love, & Understanding?

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

I'm not even sure what I want, but that's not the point - it's that I want it now.

Life for me is about movement.

You've got a chemistry class; I want a piece of your mind; You don't know what you started when you mixed it up with mine...

Why'd you have to say that there's always someone who can do it better than I can And don't you think that I know that walkin' on water won't make me a miracle man

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder.

Cause somewhere in the Quizling Clinic, there's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutes.