Quotes By Elton John

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.

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.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

There's a lot of hate in the world.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

I'm a very wealthy man.

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.

Fame attracts lunatics.

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.

I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.

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

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

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!

I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

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