Quotes By Elton John

If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.

Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

I've got a great collection of photography.

I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied.

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

I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.

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.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid.

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.

Fame attracts lunatics.

I'm a very wealthy man.

I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.

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.

As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.

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.

I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

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!

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.

Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.