Playing Things Too Safe Is The Most

Theres A Bunch Of Elvis Costello Records That Made All The Difference Between Feeling Like A Total Freak And Feeling Like ... Only A Freak. A Freak Among Other Freaks

It Was Kind Of Ridiculous To Carry It Up To A Certain Point And Then Drop The Ball Or The Bomb, Like Quitting The Band Right After We Had Signed To Virgin.

I Watched Myself Put My Paw In The Bear Trap On That One Because There Was This Clause About Leaving Members

I Got Tired Of Doing Battle With People Thinking I Was A Little Weird Because I Wasn't In A Band Making Happy, Stilted Music. The Only People Who Really Seem Weird To Me Are People Who Think They're Normal. People Who Think It's Possible To Be Normal Just By Doing The Same Things That Most People Do. Is There A Most People? I Don't Know. Television Makes It Seem Like There Is, But I Think That Might Just Be Television.

I Think The Music Business Will Eventually Crush Me, But I [smiles]... I'm Ready.