Quotes By Elton John

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 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.

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.

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny.

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever.

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.

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

There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen.

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.

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.

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 don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

Who really needs a new album from me?

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.

We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love.

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.

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'm very generous.

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.

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.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

There's a lot of hate in the world.

People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.

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.

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