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''The only two things that matter to me, the only motivation points for me writing all these songs are revenge and guilt. Those are the only emotions I know about, that I know I can feel. | ''The only two things that matter to me, the only motivation points for me writing all these songs are revenge and guilt. Those are the only emotions I know about, that I know I can feel. | ||
''Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop singing in that ridiculous Jamaican accent. | ''Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop singing in that ridiculous Jamaican accent. | ||
''Basically, Elvis Costello is a brand name, like Ferrari. | ''Basically, Elvis Costello is a brand name, like Ferrari. | ||
''Michael Jackson? He'll be forgotten in 50 years. He'll be like this person who statistically was famous… He's just a facsimile of excitement. | ''Michael Jackson? He'll be forgotten in 50 years. He'll be like this person who statistically was famous… He's just a facsimile of excitement. | ||
''Somebody wrote me a letter that they really loved "Shipbuilding" because it was such a great song about that couple going boating! It's always worth leaving enough leeway for people to hang themselves. | ''Somebody wrote me a letter that they really loved "Shipbuilding" because it was such a great song about that couple going boating! It's always worth leaving enough leeway for people to hang themselves. | ||
''I made 12 albums in eight years. Inevitably a quarter of the songs must not be worth having written, let alone recorded. | ''I made 12 albums in eight years. Inevitably a quarter of the songs must not be worth having written, let alone recorded. | ||
''I can be watching a programme about tadpoles, and some sort of poetry will appear out of it. I don't know whether that's a talent or a nervous tic. | ''I can be watching a programme about tadpoles, and some sort of poetry will appear out of it. I don't know whether that's a talent or a nervous tic. | ||
''My mother tells me I could work a record player before I could walk! | ''My mother tells me I could work a record player before I could walk! | ||
''I think I walk my own road; occasionally I intersect with other things, small, windy roads that take me somewhere I want to go, and other times I hit Main Street. | ''I think I walk my own road; occasionally I intersect with other things, small, windy roads that take me somewhere I want to go, and other times I hit Main Street. | ||
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