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Elton John
English
Musician
About the author
An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Actor
But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Addiction
The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
Elton John,
English
Musician
Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Now
#Years
Who really needs a new album from me?
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Needs
Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.
Elton John,
English
Musician
Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Beginning
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,
English
Musician
#Name
Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Saying
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,
English
Musician
#Life
#Love
#Clothes
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Successful
#Family
#Being
#Friends
#Business
I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
Elton John,
English
Musician
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#People
#Nothing
#Wrong
#Bed
#Sex
I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Love
#Death
I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Life
I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#People
I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#End
#Money
I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Work
#Fact
#Drugs
#Machine
I'm a very wealthy man.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Man
I'm very generous.
Elton John,
English
Musician
I've got a great collection of photography.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Photography
I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Years
#Self
#Drugs
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Work
#Today
#Hard work
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Action
#People
#Legal
#Laws
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Life
#Love
#People
#Food
#History
I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Press
I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Life
#Day
#Money
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Fun
#Cute
I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Successful
#Man
#Help
And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Successful
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#People
#Country
#Danger
#Gay
And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Love
#Day
#Age
#Trust
#Loyalty
And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#Life
#Business
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
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.
Elton John,
English
Musician
#English
#Change
#Name