Elton John Quotes: Who is Elton John, English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist
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Elton John Quotes
‘“Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.”’
‘“I loathe celebrity. I can’t stand it.”’
‘“If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.”’
‘“As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.”’
‘“Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees as an artist.”’
‘“I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you’d go nuts.”’
‘“Better to build a bridge than a wall.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Don’t judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same.”’
‘“I’m the ultimate record fan. I still go out and buy records.”’
‘“The less I say the more my work gets done.”’
‘“This is a tremendous assest for the club, a tremendous headache lifted from our shoulders, really.”
‘“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.”’
‘“I’ve always been dead set against festivals – really suspicious and wary.”’
‘“Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band. Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry a music man. Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.”’
‘“But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.”’
‘“Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.”’
‘“I cannot bear successful people who are miserable.”’
‘“Don’t shoot me, I’m just the piano player!”’
‘“Some kneel and lie to God.”’
‘Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you’re a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.”’
‘“Fame attracts lunatics.”’
‘“When a rumor doesn’t go away it’s not a rumor.”’
‘“There is such a thing as good interference from your record label. I don’t think I get enough interference from my record label.”’
‘Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone.”’
‘“Ask anyone. If it hadn’t been for Elvis, I don’t know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.”’
‘“Live for each second without hesitation.”’
‘“I’m addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I’m basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever.”’
‘“There’s a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.”’
‘ “Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.”’
‘“It’s the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, ’till we find our place, on the path unwinding.”’
‘“I can’t think of anything until I’ve got printed words in front of me. I never wake up in the middle of the night with a song in my head.”’
‘“It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.”’
‘“After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.”’
‘“Don’t let the sun go down on me.”’
‘“Nothing should be an issue when it comes to sexuality in the first place. Music is the one artform where people feel comfortable coming out.”’
‘“You should never take more than you give.”’
‘“We 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.”’
‘“How wonderful life is while you’re in the world.”’
‘“Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She’s my shelter from the storm when I feel the rain, entertaining white powder.”’
‘“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.”’
‘“Lawdy Mama, those Friday nights when Suzy wore her dresses down tight.”’
‘“On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.”’
‘“I don’t whistle at you down the street. I would if I could, but I can’t whistle you see.”’
‘“People in England are so bloody nosy.”’
‘“Some men kneel and pray, I like women and I like wine.”’
‘“Top dog, top hat, move that muscle, move that fat.”’
‘“This overload is edging me further out to sea, I need to put some distances between overkill and me.”’
‘“Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.”’
‘“I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.”’
‘“I want a love that don’t mean a thing.”’
‘“Oh teacher, I need you like a little child, you got something in you to drive a school boy wild.”’
‘“There ain’t been no angels in heaven around since God invented girls.”’
‘“The worst thing you can do to a child, and I’ve seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.”’
‘“Everything I thought I’d hate about having children – the crying, the screaming – nothing fazes me. I love it all, and it’s relaxed me.”’
‘“You can beat her, but don’t mistreat her. Oh, don’t believe that woman please.”’
‘“Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine.”’
‘“Don’t show up around here until your social worker’s helped.”’
‘“To forgive and be forgiven, if it’s the last thing I do, then in death’s release I may find the peace that in life I never knew.”’
‘“Like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to until the rain set it.”’
‘“I’d walk a million miles to give her what she needs. But she would walk a million more to do what she believes.”’
‘“And it’s one more beer and I don’t hear you any more.”’
‘“Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it’s cold as hell.”’
‘“That was just the mindset of the times: that happiness was somehow less important than keeping up appearances.”’
‘“I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don’t mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.”’
‘“Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organised religion doesn’t seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it’s not really compassionate.”’
‘“My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don’t care.”’
‘“Your eyes have died, but you see more than I.”’
‘“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.”’
‘“Like I said, sometimes a gut feeling is the most important thing; sometimes you have to trust fate.”’
‘“A couple of sounds that I really like are the sounds of a switchblade and a motor bike.”’
‘“I have no one to leave the money to. I’m a single man. I like spending my money.”’
‘“I’m a juvenile product of the working class, who’s best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.”’
‘“We are all God’s people; we have to get along and the religious leaders have to lead the way. If they don’t do it, who else is going to do it? They’re not going to do it and it’s left to musicians or to someone else to deal with it.”’
‘“Take me to the pilot of your soul.”’
‘“I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.”’
‘“To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.”’
‘“It was insanity, but it sounded romantic.”’
‘“Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear, you almost had your hooks in me, didn’t you dear?”’
‘“I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I’m a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don’t like it, fair enough. But give me a break.”’
‘“Johnny, can’t you come out to play in your empty garden?”’
‘“And I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.”’
‘“No tears to damn you when jealousy burns.”’
‘“The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.”’
‘“It’s much too late to save myself from falling.”’
‘“Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.”’
‘“I get high in the evening sniffing pots of glue.”’
‘“Getting paid for being laid, guess that’s the name of the game.”’
‘“It’s like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine.”’
‘“I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.”’
‘“It’s very important to have two tiaras when you’re on the road; you never know wen you’ll be invited to something really formal.”’
‘“I’ll not complain about your boring life, if you just leave me to mine.”’
‘“I guess that’s why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.”’
‘“You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can’t sing, but you can’t tell lies about me.”’
‘“Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder, under the covers, and I guess that’s why they call it the blues.”’
‘ “And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.”’
‘“I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.”’
‘“There’s a lot of hate in the world.”’
‘“What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.”’
‘“Love’s like a junkie, addiction’s a fact. Passion’s a monkey, you can’t keep off your back.”’
‘“It was Elvis that got me interested in music. I’ve been an Elvis fan since I was a kid.”’
‘“Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.”’
‘“Chefs aren’t celebrities: they’re chefs.”’
‘“Poor cow, you’ll get your dumb man. You’ll see your whole life coming at you in the back of his hand.”’
‘“Once you have people around you who don’t question you, you’re in a dangerous place.”’
‘“You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.”’
‘“I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.”’
‘“I’ve only been interested in the artistic side of life.”’
‘“We have a society where every hit maker and TV presenter is gay.”’
‘“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.”’,
