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 JOHNThe 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 JOHNUnless you show off you’re not going to get noticed.
ELTON JOHNI’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.
ELTON JOHNYou 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.
ELTON JOHNYou don’t know being a performer what kind of performance you’re going to give. You know you can give a certain quality of performance, but as I grow older I’m much more content in my own skin because when I come offstage, I have a balance in my life.
ELTON JOHNThe less I say the more my work gets done.
ELTON JOHNTalk to each other. Never go to bed when you’re angry with each other. Lady Antonia Frasier who was married to Harold Pinter said they never went to bed on an argument.
ELTON JOHNI’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.
ELTON JOHNDrunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.
ELTON JOHNYou should never take more than you give.
ELTON JOHNLove’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.
ELTON JOHNLike a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to until the rain set it.
ELTON JOHNI had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
ELTON JOHNI’m a juvenile product of the working class, who’s best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.
ELTON JOHNI 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.
ELTON JOHNThere’s a lot of hate in the world.
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