That’s just a part of being an artist: you can’t write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you’d be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.
ELTON JOHNIf you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.
More Elton John Quotes
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Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
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I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.
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I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. But there are so many Christian people I know who are gay and love their religion.
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There’s a lot of hate in the world.
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The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you’re able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.
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I’ve always wanted to smash a guitar over someone’s head. You just can’t do that with a piano.
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I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It’s nice out here, you know?
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I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It’s like an actor getting into his costume for his part. I don’t really feel that part until I’m into whatever I’m going to wear.
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You should never take more than you give.
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Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
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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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Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.
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Don’t let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it’s always someone else I see I’d just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
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I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.
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Don’t judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same.
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Don’t be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don’t try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
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I guess that’s why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.
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If there’s a God in heaven, what’s he waiting for? If He can’t hear the children, then he must see the war.
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There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.
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And I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
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The worst thing you can do to a child, and I’ve seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
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You can cage the songbird, but you can’t make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you’ll have to clip her wings.
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My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.
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I’m going to fight for human rights, whether I do it silently behind the scenes or vocally so that I get locked up. I can’t just sit back; it’s not in my nature. I can’t sit back and blindly ignore it, and I won’t.
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What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I’m gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.
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I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.
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