A Quote by Elvis Costello

You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs. — © Elvis Costello
You can be addicted to misery the same way as you can be addicted to drugs.
I was on drugs when I wrote some of my songs. It was a rough time for me, but I'm lucky enough to be one of the people who learned from that experience and moved on, where other people just got addicted and more addicted and more addicted until it killed them.
Some are addicted to cigarettes, some, God forbid, to drugs, and some become addicted to money. They say that the worst addiction is to power. I have never felt that. I have never been addicted to anything
Our teenage "druggies" are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used alcohol long enough to become addicted. The other drug of preference - marijuana - is not addictive.
In the same way I am addicted to puddings - the sweeter the better - I have become addicted to the daily routines my Pilates and Gyrotonic guru, Nada, puts me through.
I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to glamour.
People can become addicted to fame, money, and attention as deeply as they become addicted to drugs.
I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!
This supposed idyllic society we have is the most confused, warped, addicted society in the history of the world. We are addicted to power, we're addicted to our own image of ourselves, to violence, divorce, abortion, and sex.
If you're addicted to gambling, you know where to go to gamble. So, if you have a condition where you're addicted to sex, you know where other that are looking for the same thing are going.
The way I've been with drink and drugs suggests I have a tendency to get addicted to things.
Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.
Most teens aren’t addicted to social media; if anything, they’re addicted to each other.
I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
I love blackjack. But I'm not addicted to gambling. I'm addicted to sitting in a semi circle.
Girls weren’t drug addicted, they were love addicted, and that, I’ll learn, is far harder to treat.
I find that after every win, there is a new surge in motivation because it feels so good. I am addicted to winning. That sounds terrible, but it is true you are addicted to that feeling.
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