I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.

Elton John

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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
I was just genuinely shy. I’d always been a shy kid.
ELTON JOHN

Character Children Myself Shy
Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.
ELTON JOHN

Drink Feeling Time Wine
Don’t be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don’t try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
ELTON JOHN

Afraid Carry Heart Shoulder Try World Yourself
That’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 JOHN

Artist Failure Greatness Human People Side Time Writing
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.
ELTON JOHN

Expectation Greatness Love Myself People
I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It’s nice out here, you know?
ELTON JOHN

Feeling Friendship Identity Myself Sexuality
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
You and your oven are capable of great things,Remember, no two ovens are the same.
ELTON JOHN

Different Greatness Remember Yourself
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
ELTON JOHN

Fame Greatness Myself Stardom
I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.
ELTON JOHN

Appearance Goodness Myself
If 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 JOHN

Children God Heaven Himself See Wait War
Unless you show off you’re not going to get noticed.
ELTON JOHN

Notice Presence See Yourself
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
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
There’s a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.
ELTON JOHN

Learning Move Time
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
Like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to until the rain set it.
ELTON JOHN

Attraction Rain Wind
Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.
ELTON JOHN

Burn Flame Key Love Truth
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.
ELTON JOHN

Gay Hate Love People Religion Religious
Live for each second without hesitation.
ELTON JOHN

Hesitation Live One Liner
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
ELTON JOHN

Hard Work Learning Performance Young
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 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

Bird Freedom Sing Song Trap Wings
Fame attracts lunatics.
ELTON JOHN

Attraction Fame Mad
As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.
ELTON JOHN

Children Clothes Fashion Kind Myself Restriction
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

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