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The songs will tell a story that I have imagined existing between the lines of Andersen's biography and some of his most famous tales, ... They speak of a misfit's love for an unattainable woman and a struggle between a huckster and someone who composes music in secret.

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

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Songs are more powerful than books.
— Elvis Costello
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I learned very early in life that: "Without a song, the day would never end; without a friend, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend- without a song" So I keep singing a song.
— Elvis Presley
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People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard people complain bitterly about recordings they haven't even heard.
— Elvis Costello
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Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.
— Elvis Costello
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'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.
— Elvis Costello
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