Trying to be so bad is bad enough Don't make me laugh by talking tough Don't put your heart out on your sleeve When your remarks are off the cuff - Elvis Costello

I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions
And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book.

I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you.

A senior BBC music programmer smarmed up to me and took this opportunity to remind me of my diminished status in his petty universe, “Of course, you’d have had a lot more hits if you’d just taken out all the sevenths and minor chords.” I suppose I would have had even more, if I’d only taken out all of the music entirely and most of the words, too.