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 JOHNThere’s a lot of hate in the world.
More Elton John Quotes
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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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Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.
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I’ve got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn’t a happy bunny.
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Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, ‘that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.’
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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.
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The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
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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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Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.
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I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
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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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I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.
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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.
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Ever since I had that interview in which I said I was bisexual it seems twice as many people wave at me in the streets.
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I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.
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