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
Take me to the pilot of your soul.
On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.
No tears to damn you when jealousy burns.
Laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder, under the covers, and I guess that's why they call it the blues.
I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
I guess that's why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.
It was Saturday late, have you seen my mates, can you tell me when the boys get here? Well, it's seven o'clock and I want to rock and get a belly full of beer.
Your eyes have died, but you see more than I.
I didn't sleep with anyone until I was 23.
I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.
All this science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week.
The French are useless. They can't organize a piss-up in a brewery.
When I left home, [I] became Elton John success, and then it became Elton John excess. Everything I couldn't do when I was younger, I did 10 times over. I was having the time of my life. I was becoming the person I wanted to be.
I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.