These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas.
Elvis CostelloSometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. And you start talking yourself out of the bold melody and start wanting to arrange it in another key or something. Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me.
Elvis CostelloI get very frustrated by this term 'genre exercise.' I mean, what exactly is that? Genre is not really relevant when you are writing a song; hopefully you are doing it to explore something, to create something, and I don't agree that any of my albums are genre exercises.
Elvis CostelloMorrissey writes wonderful song titles, but sadly he often forgets to write the song.
Elvis Costello