It was a real party of swells. - Elvis Costello

There was that reference to Allan Sherman’s trip to a summer camp, in “Goon Squad.” Mother, Father, I’m here in the zoo I can’t come home ’cause I’ve grown up too soon

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

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music. I've been lucky to listen to lots of different types of music.