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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.

Elton John

Fame attracts lunatics.
ELTON JOHN

Attraction Fame Mad
What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I’m gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.
ELTON JOHN

Death Head Kill Myself News Scandal
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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Bird Freedom Sing Song Trap Wings
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 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
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.
ELTON JOHN

Balance Life Live Myself Person
You should never take more than you give.
ELTON JOHN

Generosity One Liner Yourself
Talk 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 JOHN

Angry Argument Bed Each Other Marriage Talk
So I am deeply saddened and shocked over the current legislation that is now in place against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community here in Russia. In my opinion, it is inhumane and it is isolating.
ELTON JOHN

Alone Community Deep Human Myself Opinion Place Sad
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
It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.
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Hard Myself Sorry Word
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it’s cold as hell.
ELTON JOHN

Fact Hell Kind Rise Yourself
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
I’ve always wanted to smash a guitar over someone’s head. You just can’t do that with a piano.
ELTON JOHN

Head Instrument Music Myself Yourself
How wonderful life is while you’re in the world
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Life Wonderful World Yourself
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
I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.
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Compassionate God Human Intelligence Myself Problem Thinking Understand
Better to build a bridge than a wall.
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Better Bridge Build Wall
I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.
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Eyes Myself Optimistic Positive Sight View Yourself
I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.
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Appearance Goodness Myself
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
Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.
ELTON JOHN

Busy Close Dance Hold Yourself
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
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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Age Live Love Negative People Red Violence War World
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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Gay Hate Love People Religion Religious
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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Animal Bed Freedom Sex Wrong
Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.
ELTON JOHN

Dangerous People Place Question Yourself

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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