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've got a great collection of photography.
The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by hate, by misinformation, by ignorance, by indifference. Science has accomplished miracles over the past 20 years, and science can now end this disease - but it cannot end the epidemic. We need more than medicine. We can do something about these things. We need to speak out about the changes we need to make in our society.
People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.
And it's one more beer and I don't hear you any more.
My mum always used to buy a record every Friday.
I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.
I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid.
I had progressed as a performer, but I hadn't progressed as a human being.
Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden?
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.
I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It's nice out here, you know?
I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this one person offstage, but [someone] who really didn't know much about living.
I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.
Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.