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I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid. (Elton John)
The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon. View quote
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Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. View quote
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My mum always used to buy a record every Friday. View quote
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I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later. View quote
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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. View quote
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At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels. View quote
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I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away and semi-studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music but sort of half-heartedly. (Elton John)
I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better. View quote
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I've never had a writer's block, but still I think: Is it going to happen this time? You never know what you're going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope. View quote
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I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality. View quote
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But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn. View quote
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I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens. View quote
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If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher. View quote
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I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. View quote
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I'm lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don't want a Picasso on my wall; it's great art, but it's dead art to me. I'd rather have a photograph by someone I've never heard of that really inspires me. View quote
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Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records. View quote
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I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow! (Elton John)
Simon Cowell and I are great friends and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing. View quote
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I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money. View quote
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That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. View quote
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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. View quote
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