Zitate und Sprüche von Elvis Costello

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

It's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.

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

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

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.