Elton John Quotes

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Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.

Elton John
I guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.

Elton John
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind:
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in.
And your footsteps will always fall here
On England's greenest hills;
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will.

Elton John
Goodbye Norma Jean…
It seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind.
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in.
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
The candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did.
Of Marilyn Monroe

Elton John
They're not "normal" songs. None of her songs have been "normal." She's just who she is, she's unique. She's — a mystery. She's the most beautiful mystery. … Let me tell you a story: when I had my civil partnership, nine years ago, in 2005, and Kate — we invited Kate, we didn't think she'd come but she came, she came with her husband Danny, and there were a lot of very famous people in that room, there were like 600 people — and all anybody wanted to meet was Kate Bush. I mean, musician, anybody — they couldn't believe Kate Bush was there. She's kind of an enigma.

Elton John
Sometimes when I'm flying over the Alps I think, 'that's like all the cocaine I sniffed.

Elton John
It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road, you never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

Elton John
There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.

Elton John
It's the only song I've ever written where I get goose bumps every time I play it.
Of 'Candle in the Wind'

Elton John
You and your oven are capable of great things,
Remember, no two ovens are the same.

Elton John
"Wuthering Heights" was not your normal type song — but that's why it was so brilliant. It was something out the norm. When something like that comes along, they don't come along that often.
When does the next Kate Bush come along, after Kate Bush? There hasn't been one.

Elton John
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do
You see I've forgotten, if they're green or they're blue
Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes, I've ever seen.

Elton John
An overview of my career is usually glasses, homosexuality, Watford Football Club, tantrums, flowers. But the music was pretty phenomenal.

Elton John
They crawled out of the woodwork And they whispered into your brain. They set you on a treadmill And they made you change your name. And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind.

Elton John
I hope you don't mind,
I hope you don't mind,
that I put into words,
how wonderful life is,
now you're in the world.

Elton John
That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. That record helped me get sober. So she played a big part in my actual downfall and kind of "rebirth'" as it were. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did.

Elton John
People should be very free with sex, but they should draw the line at goats.

Elton John