Elvis Costello - Living a very long time would be a very...

Living a very long time would be a very scary thing.

Biography

Author Profession: Musician

Nationality: British

Born: August 25, 1954

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Related Authors

Freddie Mercury, George Harrison, George Michael, Sting, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Brian Eno, Cat Stevens

Topics

Living, Long, Long Time, Scary, Scary Thing, Thing, Time, Very, Very Long Time, Would, Would-Be

Quotes to Explore

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

Man Never Achieve Things

You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity.

You Need Just Going

I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.

Try Now Used Disgusted

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.

Music Passion You Curiosity

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

Life Vocation Ultimate Irritant

People tend to repeat the same quotes at me that I said when I was 23. And of course, you say things then, and sometimes they're ill-advised.

Me You People Sometimes

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

Happiness More Fortune Cookie

I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way.

Man Way Know Reach

'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.

Me Maturity Words Think

I've always felt writing a song was a bit like going on location. That's true in an almost literal sense. Where you are seeps in somehow.

You Song True Writing

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

Love Good Think Writing

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

Identity Never Know Not Interested

There's no such thing as an original sin.

Sin Original Thing Original Sin

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

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