I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.
ELTON JOHNSometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
More Elton John Quotes
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I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.
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I’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.
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Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it’s cold as hell.
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Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.
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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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If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.
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Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.
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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.
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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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I was more ashamed that I couldn’t work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
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My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.
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What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I’m gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.
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The worst thing you can do to a child, and I’ve seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
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There ain’t been no angels in heaven around since God invented girls.
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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.
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