“Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really int...” — Elvis Costello Quote

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music.

I find humming is very useful.

The Internet is overrated. It's much smaller an innovation than people think it is. I don't think it's changed the way anybody makes music.

Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.

My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant.

I hurt my wife, my kids, my mother, my wife's family, my friends, my foundation and kids all around the world who admired me.

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America.

My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.

You know, it's funny, but all the people I looked up to and always admired were all racers.

I've admired Lawrence master from his choreographer days. I love how he experiments and makes it work. I like his attention to detail and the intrigue in his movies.