Johnny Vaughan chatting to Elvis Costello on The Big Breakfast (This ones from April 8, 1999) Johnny starts off in full Big Breakfast mode, a bit cheeky, a bit all over the place, but Costello just rolls with it. What comes through straight away is how grounded Costello is about his career. When he’s asked what keeps him going after more than 20 years he basically shrugs it off and says it’s just what he does. No big ego, no dramatic answer, just pure love for making music They get into how he’s always changed direction and never stayed in one lane. He talks about following curiosity rather than sticking to what people expect, which really explains why his catalogue is all over the place in the best way. From punk era beginnings to country records to orchestral work with Burt Bacharach, he never boxed himself in There’s also a great bit about songwriting where he describes ideas just coming to him randomly, like walking down the street mumbling to himself. You can picture it. He doe...