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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 John

I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way.
ELTON JOHN

Change Children Connection Father Inspirational Love Night Stay World Yourself
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.
ELTON JOHN

Children God Heaven Himself See Wait War
I used to take hostages in my relationships and not let people be independent. It always ended in disaster, because you take away people’s identity and they end up full of resentment.
ELTON JOHN

End Identity Independent People Relationship Resentment
Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.
ELTON JOHN

Forgiveness Love
Love’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.
ELTON JOHN

Addiction Fact Love Passion Yourself
It’s the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, ’till we find our place, on the path unwinding.
ELTON JOHN

Faith Hope Life Love Path Place
Fame attracts lunatics.
ELTON JOHN

Attraction Fame Mad
My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.
ELTON JOHN

Money Myself Rise Wasted Yourself
Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.
ELTON JOHN

Drink Feeling Time Wine
I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.
ELTON JOHN

Fame Identity Myself Proud World
I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.
ELTON JOHN

Artist Interest Life Myself
The worst thing you can do to a child, and I’ve seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
ELTON JOHN

Children Time Worst Yourself
We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.
ELTON JOHN

Age Live Love Negative People Red Violence War World
And I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
ELTON JOHN

Afraid Age Count Day Love Loyalty Myself
There ain’t been no angels in heaven around since God invented girls.
ELTON JOHN

Angel God Heaven Invention Woman
Don’t you know I”m still standing better than I ever did. Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid. I’m still standing after all this time.
ELTON JOHN

Better Children Feeling Myself Stand Survive True
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.
ELTON JOHN

Blessing Business Family Friendship Live Success
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
ELTON JOHN

Healing Music People Power Time
I guess that’s why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.
ELTON JOHN

Call Hands Myself Spend Time
Don’t judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same.
ELTON JOHN

Frame Judgement Man Photograph
Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.
ELTON JOHN

Dangerous People Place Question Yourself
If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.
ELTON JOHN

Greatness Key Music Song Writing
I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.
ELTON JOHN

Intelligence Myself Teacher Try
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
ELTON JOHN

Hard Work Learning Performance Young
You and your oven are capable of great things,Remember, no two ovens are the same.
ELTON JOHN

Different Greatness Remember Yourself
I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don’t take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.
ELTON JOHN

Better Love Myself Old Performance
I was more ashamed that I couldn’t work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
ELTON JOHN

Drugs Fact Myself Shame Work

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.

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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.

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