"You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity."

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"You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity."

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"They've not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"Dying for dark - the darker the worse. Strange."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

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"In other words, he was the tree in the forest that silently fell--when no one was around to be crushed."

Kresley Cole, American Author

Obscurity, Silence, Existence, Irony, Absurdity

"Obscurity is the realm of error."

Luc de Clapier, French Novelist

Obscurity, Error

"You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity."

Elvis Costello, British Musician

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"You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights."

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"I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies."

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"I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong."

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"Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you."

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"I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music."

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"And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music."

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"Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back."

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"They've not forgotten him: worse, they never heard of him."

"Dying for dark - the darker the worse. Strange."

"In other words, he was the tree in the forest that silently fell--when no one was around to be crushed."

"Obscurity is the realm of error."

"You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity."

Explore more quotes by Elvis Costello

"You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights."

"I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies."

"I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong."

"Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you."

"I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music."

"And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music."

"Women hear rhythm differently than men."

"My ultimate vocation in life is to be an irritant."

"There's no such thing as an original sin."

"Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back."