Quotes

“I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“I'm lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don't want a Picasso on my wall; it's great art, but it's dead art to me. I'd rather have a photograph by someone I've never heard of that really inspires me.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“I've never had a writer's block, but still I think: 'Is it going to happen this time?' You never know what you're going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope.” Elton John

“If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican.” Elton John

“If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.” Elton John

“It's just so wonderful to have someone in the house like a child to turn your attention to. It's not about you anymore, it's about this lovely little human being.” Elton John

“The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.” Elton John

“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.” Elton John

“We were both very much the same. We were both very impulsive. We both loved life. We both loved shopping. We both had a love of clothes, obviously, because he was the designer that I kind of wore forever and ever.” Elton John

“Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.” Elton John

“When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with Gaga or I was on 'All of the Lights,' which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.” Elton John

“When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.” Elton John

“When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.” Elton John

“You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.” George Michael

“I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.” George Michael

“If someone really wants to hurt you, they'll find a way whatever. I don't want to live my life worrying about it.” George Michael

“I'm surprised that I've survived my own dysfunction, really.” George Michael

“I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.” George Michael

“The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.” George Michael

“The truth is my love life has been a lot more turbulent than I have let on.” George Michael

“Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.” George Michael

“I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.” George Michael

“I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.” George Michael

“I think for most of us, our biggest frailties are sexual.” George Michael

“I went to prison, I paid my bill.” George Michael

“I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.” George Michael

“It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.” George Michael

“With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.” George Michael