Elvis Costello: Doing

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“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture — it's a really stupid thing to want to do.”

Elvis Costello

This has commonly been paraphrased "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture." More info at "Alan P. Scott : Talking about music..." http://home.pacifier.com/~ascott/they/tamildaa.htm Also, Costello has denied http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/11/08/writing-about-music/ having coined this, in an interview in Q magazine, tentatively attributing the quote instead to Martin Mull.
Misattributed

Stupidity , Music , Dance

“They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice
'cause they think that it's treason.
So you had better do as you are told.
You better listen to the radio.”

Elvis Costello

Radio Radio
Song lyrics, This Year's Model (1978)

Thinking

“And it's the damage that we do
And never know
It's the words that we don't say
That scare me so.”

Elvis Costello

Accidents Will Happen
Song lyrics, Armed Forces (1979)