Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, is an English pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 March 1947
CityLondon, England
You can call me a fat, balding, talentless old queen who can't sing, but you can't tell lies about me.
Simon Cowell and I are great friends, and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.
I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.
He [george W. Bush] lived up - well, he was someone that I wouldn't have voted for. His policies were not mine.
Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.
Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.
Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.
Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.
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.
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.
I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.
But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested, and we're facing an uphill battle [with AIDS].
If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.
When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.