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
I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.
I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.
I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
It was awful to be afraid of sex, but that's what the '50s did to people. It was, 'Sex is disgusting, it shouldn't be talked about, nudity is disgusting, we just don't talk about those kinds of things.'"
It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all a little bit just recently, and not only are they great performers, but they also very hard working professionals and really nice guys.
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.
I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
I didn't really know what I was until I came to America and I had sex [for the first time] in San Francisco in 1970. It was with someone of my own sex.
It was Scotty Moore's guitar riff [in "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"] when he was doing The Steve Allen Show that got me into rock music.
On Keith Richards: He's like a monkey with arthritis.
You and your oven are capable of great things,Remember, no two ovens are the same.
I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs.
To forgive and be forgiven, if it's the last thing I do, then in death's release I may find the peace that in life I never knew.