Elton John

“Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.” Elton John

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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.” Elton John

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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.” Elton John

“I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.” Elton John

“I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.” Elton John

“The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.” Elton John

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“I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.” Elton John

“But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.” Elton John

“I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.” Elton John

“Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“Fame attracts lunatics.” Elton John

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“I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.” Elton John

“I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.” Elton John

“If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.” Elton John

“The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.” Elton John

“An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.” Elton John

“And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.” Elton John

“As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.” Elton John

“I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.” Elton John

“I am the biggest technophobe of all time.” Elton John

“I could never go onstage in denims.” Elton John