Elton John Quotes - Page 13

I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

A couple of sounds that I really like are the sounds of a switchblade and a motor bike.

He'd been drinking in a bar downtown, when he thought he heard a choir of angels singing in the Tiki Lounge. And that's when he got religion.

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

I don't whistle at you down the street. I would if I could, but I can't whistle you see.

After claws and feathers, he took skin and bone, shaped it like an hour glass and made the angels moan.

Some kneel and lie to God.

I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.

We are all God's people; we have to get along and the [religious leaders] have to lead the way. If they don't do it, who else is going to do it? They're not going to do it and it's left to musicians or to someone else to deal with it.

I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.

On Keith Richards: He's like a monkey with arthritis.

People who mock rap and say, "I don't like it," they should go and check out Kanye [West] in the studio rapping, or Marshall, Eminem, when he's in the studio. It's a phenomenon. Don't knock it until you've seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don't ridicule it.

There is such a thing as good interference from your record label. I don't think I get enough interference from my record label.

What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.

I just think you shouldn't expect people to pay money to see someone sing live and then lip-synch.

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.

I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now.

I grew up in the Fifties and early Sixties, which were still quite conservative, and I wasn't given any information about sex or anything like that... I went out with girls at school because one had to. I didn't experiment with sex for quite a long time.

Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

Some men kneel and pray, I like women and I like wine.

To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.

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

Dave and I as a couple seem to be the acceptable face of gayness, and that's great. I've got to use that power to try and do what I can - or we have - to try to make the situations in Russia and Poland better.

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

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