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"43 Elton John Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 25 March 1947 | Musician |

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.

Songbird Sing Trap Bird
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The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
About Great Great Thing Like
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I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.
Artistic Been Interested Life
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An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

Actor Agent Because Gets
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Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

Everyone Me Nice Saying
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And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

Admit Doctor Frightened Frustrated
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I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.

Buy End Get Money
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I'm a very wealthy man.

Man Very A Wealthy
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I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

Away Day Day-To-Day Life
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I've got a great collection of photography.
Collection Got Great Photography
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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.

Able Being Being Blessed Blessed
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And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

After Business Business Side Life
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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.

Afraid Age Count Day
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Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

Beginning Big Break Carolina
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I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.
Buddies Death Great Him
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I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

Britney Britney Spears Cute Fun
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And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

Agreed Anyway Because Change
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Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

Battling Britain Fair Fair Share
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I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

About Action Afford Against
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I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

Because Better Did Ground
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I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
Album Angeles Before Full
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And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

Along Get Going Guarantee
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Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.

Been David Eight Furnish
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Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

Am Ask Because Enough
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Who really needs a new album from me?

Album Me Needs New
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Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

Bands Craft Did Hard
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I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians.

Attitudes Food History I Love
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If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.

Am Better Craig David
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I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.

Leave Like Man Money
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I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

Am I Am I Can Making
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I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

Celebrity Loathe Stand Can't
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I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

Bunny Got Happy Inside
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I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.

Charts Compete I Can Just
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Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

Forgiving Jesus Loving Us
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People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.

Appalling Dying Going HIV
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There's a lot of hate in the world.

Hate Lot Of World
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As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

About Accept Days Elton
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I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow!

Amazing Enjoyment Gives Had
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There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen.

Because Go Going Got
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I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.

Got Income Live Lot
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But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Enough Good Good Relationship Just
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The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards.

About Anywhere Backwards Fly
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The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

Child Happen Many Seen
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Elton John Quotes & Sayings