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