Fame attracts lunatics.
ELTON JOHNFame attracts lunatics.
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 JOHNMusic has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
ELTON JOHNYou should never take more than you give.
ELTON JOHNI 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 JOHNI’m a juvenile product of the working class, who’s best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.
ELTON JOHNThat’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 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 JOHNWhat a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I’m gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.
ELTON JOHNDon’t judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same.
ELTON JOHNIf 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 JOHNI 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.
ELTON JOHNThere 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.
ELTON JOHNLive for each second without hesitation.
ELTON JOHNSometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
ELTON JOHNIt’s very important to have two tiaras when you’re on the road. You never know when you’ll be invited to something really formal.
ELTON JOHN