A biography for Elton Johnhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“Who really needs a new album from me?”
“Live for each second without hesitation”
“I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.”
“I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.”
“As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.”
“And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.”
“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.”
“I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.”
“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.”
“I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better.”
“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.”
“There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex.”
“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.”
“Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.”
“I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.”
“I've got a great collection of photography.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”