Elton John Quotes

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Elton John

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 25, 1947

And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

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Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.

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Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

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Who really needs a new album from me?

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Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

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I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

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I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

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I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.

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As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

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I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow!

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There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen.

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The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards.

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I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.

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I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

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I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied.

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I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid.

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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican.

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I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.

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I've always been dead set against festivals - really suspicious and wary.

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I'm addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I'm basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever.

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