When somebody like Elvis Costello comes along, anybody can make a good record with him.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.

Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.

When punk rock came along, the one thing you were not supposed to be was musical.

Even if I was really prolific - which I'm not - I think I'd always put at least a couple of covers on my record. I think it's a sort of healthy thing to do. It shows that you're not totally self-obsessed.

I love the sound of breaking glass Especially when Im lonely I need the noises of destruction When theres nothing new.

The idea was put to me, and my initial reaction was of slight sort of - I was slightly appalled, really, because in the U.K., we don't - we think it's all a bit vulgar, you know, doing Christmas or cashing in on Christmas. And there's a word we have for it, which is naff. And it's not exactly uncool. It really sort of means kind of vulgar and a bit - not very stylish.