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I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.

Elton John

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

Character Children Myself Shy
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 was more ashamed that I couldn’t work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
ELTON JOHN

Drugs Fact Myself Shame Work
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
It’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

Formal Important Invitation Road Yourself
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.
ELTON JOHN

Blessing Business Family Friendship Live Success
My mantra is if you raise money, don’t waste it.
ELTON JOHN

Money Myself Rise Wasted Yourself
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
ELTON JOHN

Fame Greatness Myself Stardom
Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.
ELTON JOHN

Forgiveness Love
Love’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.
ELTON JOHN

Addiction Fact Love Passion Yourself
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 never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.
ELTON JOHN

Appearance Goodness Myself
Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
ELTON JOHN

Drugs Myself Thinking
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you’re a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.
ELTON JOHN

Butterfly Freedom Myself
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.
ELTON JOHN

Fight Human Ignorance Myself Right Silence
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

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