Singer Elvis Costello defends outspoken artists
And I would rather be anywhere else than here today....
British singer-songwriter/hero Elvis Costello on Tuesday defended musicians who speak their minds in these "fairly dangerous times" and warned Americans to guard against "any attempts by people who swindle their way into office."
His comments came amid concerns that singers and actors who spoke out against the U.S.-led war in Iraq were being blacklisted.
"We all live in fairly dangerous times in terms of freedom of speech and freedom of expression," Costello said. "A lot of the songwriters that I've admired and learned from ... are people who spoke in matters of conscience as well as matters of the heart. I think that it's essential that we defend that right."
May 21, 2003
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