Elton John Quotes

And I’m afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

I am the biggest technophobe of all time.

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.

Well, as I was saying… everyone’s so nice to me, usually.

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

I’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.

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.

I’ve got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn’t a happy bunny.

I’m very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better.

Don’t let the sun go down on me
Although I search myself, it’s always someone else I see
I’d just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

Simon Cowell and I are great friends, and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.

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.

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.

Live for each second without hesitation

I’ve always been dead set against festivals – really suspicious and wary.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

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