Elvis Costello

You also never ask a doctor, like, if you have something wrong with you, and you go, doctor, I've got this problem with my hip, like, before you put that, before you operate on me, can I just ask you how you felt about your vocation in medicine when you were a medical student? Whoever asked that of a doctor? They never ask it.

You also never ask a doctor, like, if you have something wrong with you, and you go, doctor, I've got this problem with my hip, like, before you put that, before you operate on me, can I just ask you how you felt about your vocation in medicine when you were a medical student? Whoever asked that of a doctor? They never ask it.

You also never ask a doctor, like, if you have something wrong with you, and you go, doctor, I've got this problem with my hip, like, before you put that, before you operate on me, can I just ask you how you felt about your vocation in medicine when you were a medical student? Whoever asked that of a doctor? They never ask it.

They only ask it of artists to somehow, because there's this implication that you've betrayed some sacred trust. You know, things you say in interviews when you're 23 are not catechism that you have to repeat for the rest of your life. There's some things more often said to get somebody off your back.

They only ask it of artists to somehow, because there's this implication that you've betrayed some sacred trust. You know, things you say in interviews when you're 23 are not catechism that you have to repeat for the rest of your life. There's some things more often said to get somebody off your back.

They only ask it of artists to somehow, because there's this implication that you've betrayed some sacred trust. You know, things you say in interviews when you're 23 are not catechism that you have to repeat for the rest of your life. There's some things more often said to get somebody off your back.

I've never had a master plan, but I think we've... When I was a little kid, rock and roll was a new thing.

I've never had a master plan, but I think we've... When I was a little kid, rock and roll was a new thing.

I've never had a master plan, but I think we've... When I was a little kid, rock and roll was a new thing.

There was no such thing as long careers anymore.

There was no such thing as long careers anymore.

There was no such thing as long careers anymore.

No. Well, it was supposed to be this juvenile delinquent music. And frankly, I didn't know anything about rock and roll when I was a kid. Because my parents listened to Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Sinatra and Elle Fitzgerald and Nat Cole and Stan Kenton and heaven knows what else. You know, Duke Ellington. They didn't care about rock and roll. That was kind of crude.

No. Well, it was supposed to be this juvenile delinquent music. And frankly, I didn't know anything about rock and roll when I was a kid. Because my parents listened to Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Sinatra and Elle Fitzgerald and Nat Cole and Stan Kenton and heaven knows what else. You know, Duke Ellington. They didn't care about rock and roll. That was kind of crude.

No. Well, it was supposed to be this juvenile delinquent music. And frankly, I didn't know anything about rock and roll when I was a kid. Because my parents listened to Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Sinatra and Elle Fitzgerald and Nat Cole and Stan Kenton and heaven knows what else. You know, Duke Ellington. They didn't care about rock and roll. That was kind of crude.

And I'm kind of with them on some of that, apart from Little Richard.

And I'm kind of with them on some of that, apart from Little Richard.

And I'm kind of with them on some of that, apart from Little Richard.

Now, your father was a singer. He was a trumpet player. Uh-huh. And we've got a track from the group that he played with, Joe Lawson, the orchestra. And let's listen to him singing At Last in 1969. Oh, wow.

Now, your father was a singer. He was a trumpet player. Uh-huh. And we've got a track from the group that he played with, Joe Lawson, the orchestra. And let's listen to him singing At Last in 1969. Oh, wow.