298 Quotes by Elvis Costello

Clowntime is over Time to take cover While others just talk and talk Somebody's watching where the others don't walk.

I don’t think I was ever particularly mean. I can certainly think of some idiotic exchanges I’ve had. I was accused of destroying pop music, like Wagner destroyed opera – a guy in Germany started ranting that at me.

The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.

Why can’t a man stand alone? Must he be burdened by all that he’s taught to consider his own? His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation They just weigh him down.

I think when I was younger I was not very good at writing love songs that didn’t have a twist.

Those days she was just a beautiful girl, now she’s framed and hung up.

I love you more than anything in this world. I don’t expect that will last.

I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind that it’s an inherently stupid idea to put something like that in a glass case.

If I am frightened then I can hide it If I am crying, I’ll call it laughter If I am haunted, I’ll call it my imaginary friend If I am bleeding I’ll call it wine But if you leave me then I am broken And if I’m broken then only death remains.