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.
ELTON JOHNDon’t be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don’t try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
More Elton John Quotes
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You 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.
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How wonderful life is while you’re in the world
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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.
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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.
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Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.
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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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As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.
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My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.
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Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you’re a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.
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I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.
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I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn’t know much about living.
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Love’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.
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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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Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
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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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