I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
ELTON JOHNI had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
ELTON JOHNSweet freedom whispered in my ear, you’re a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.
ELTON JOHNDrunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.
ELTON JOHNYou 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 JOHNI was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.
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 JOHNThe less I say the more my work gets done.
ELTON JOHNThe worst thing you can do to a child, and I’ve seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.
ELTON JOHNYou should never take more than you give.
ELTON JOHNDon’t judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same.
ELTON JOHNHold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.
ELTON JOHNI’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 JOHNDon’t you know I”m still standing better than I ever did. Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid. I’m still standing after all this time.
ELTON JOHNSo 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 JOHNWe live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.
ELTON JOHNAnd I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
ELTON JOHN