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The Name March 86 Musician Magazine

" I don't know why I ever changed it in the first place, maybe it had something to do with actually believing the myth. It had something to do with actually believing I was in the wacky world of pop music." -Elvis Costello

"Receiving the invitation to write with Paul was very exciting, but not without its anxieties. I had always tried to be ingenious when borrowing ideas from Lennon & McCartney, but sometimes it's a thin line between influence and larceny." -Elvis Costello

Sir Paul

The Career April '94 British GQ

"It's very true that if I'd have made Armed Forces II, I probably would have ended up with a Bruce Springsteen-type career. But look at the difficulty he's had backing down with grace fom the massive success that was foisted on him. It is, like it or not, self defeating to just go on and repeat yourself, and that product-identification way of making records holds no interest for me." - Elvis Costello

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