It's always irritated me that people say, 'Where's the action? Oh wow, there's no action here; let's go somewhere else.' These people will never find the action.

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.

Whether I'm on for a day or whether I'm on for a year, at the end of the day, I sing for my dinner.

Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage.

Music journalists love Elvis Costello and hate me because they look like Elvis Costello

I always wanted to be an outrage to public decency and a threat to women. And this is one of the few occupations where you're not only allowed that, but you're encouraged.

We've all got out self-destructive bad habits, the trick is to find four or five you personally like the best and just do those all the time.