I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
Elvis CostelloIt's a petty thing, but I wouldn't join the Scouts when I was a kid, 'cause you had to swear allegiance to the queen. I'm just not a royalist. I think it's idiotic, a hereditary principle.
Elvis CostelloThe way you look I understand how you were not impressed, but I heard you let that little friend of mine take off your party dress.
Elvis Costello