Quotes by Elton John

• The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
• Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.
• Who really needs a new album from me?
• Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.
• Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.
• 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.
• Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.
• 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.
• The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.
• I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
• There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.
• I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.
• I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.
• I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.
• I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.
• I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
• I'm a very wealthy man.
• I'm very generous.
• I've got a great collection of photography.
• Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
• I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.
• 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.
• I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
• I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.
• 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.
• I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.
• Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.
• 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.
• And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
• And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.
• 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.
• 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.
• An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.
• But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.
• Don't Go Bacon My Heart, I Couldn't If I Fried