The musician and songwriter Elvis Costello demands that modern punk bands need to be tougher. He himself draws inspiration from Schubert.
Elvis Costello considers modern punk musicians to be wimps. "I don't find any of the currently popular bands particularly intimidating," the musician said in an interview with the daily newspaper "Die Welt." The 48-year-old believes that they are "just copies" and overall finds the current music scene to be "pretty fearful, predictable, and wimpy."
About his own music, Costello stated that it was much less angry at the beginning of his career than is often assumed. "There was a lot of confusion and doubt in that music," he said. However, in later years he wrote much angrier songs. But no one was surprised anymore because people had gotten used to it.
Costello, who has just released an album of jazz ballads titled "North," revealed that he also draws on German composers for inspiration in his music. "I listen to a lot of German art songs, even though I don't speak the language," he said. "They often deal with nature and the seasons as a reflection of human existence. Thus, without imitating, I have always written pieces that strongly relate to the classical composer Franz Schubert."
Elvis Costello considers modern punk musicians to be wimps. "I don't find any of the currently popular bands particularly intimidating," the musician said in an interview with the daily newspaper "Die Welt." The 48-year-old believes that they are "just copies" and overall finds the current music scene to be "pretty fearful, predictable, and wimpy."
About his own music, Costello stated that it was much less angry at the beginning of his career than is often assumed. "There was a lot of confusion and doubt in that music," he said. However, in later years he wrote much angrier songs. But no one was surprised anymore because people had gotten used to it.
Costello, who has just released an album of jazz ballads titled "North," revealed that he also draws on German composers for inspiration in his music. "I listen to a lot of German art songs, even though I don't speak the language," he said. "They often deal with nature and the seasons as a reflection of human existence. Thus, without imitating, I have always written pieces that strongly relate to the classical composer Franz Schubert."
