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
It took a child. It took a child with a blood transfusion not only to wake me up, but to wake America up, basically. I mean, I read about his plight in a doctor's office in New York in a magazine. I was so outraged about it that I contacted the family. We became friends. I helped them move to another place in Indiana. And we became constant friends.
Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear, you almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear?
Don't let the sun go down on me.
You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.
I spent the last week of Ryan's life in Indiana, Indianapolis, with Jeanne and Andrea, Jeanne, his mother, Andrea, his sister, and some other beautiful people who came. And it taught me a lesson.
And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.
A couple of sounds that I really like are the sounds of a switchblade and a motor bike.
My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care.
Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.
I don't whistle at you down the street. I would if I could, but I can't whistle you see.
I want a love that don't mean a thing.
The ugliest woman you'll ever meet, but she's mine and she's ugly.
It's like trying to drink whisky from a bottle of wine.
He [Ryan white] spoke to me that my life was out of order. My life was a mess. I had no values anymore. And he was so stoic with his infection. He wasn't bitter. He wasn't angry. He just was a kid. He wanted to go to school and play football, drive his car. And he had no bitterness about him.