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 am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.
I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.
I think that's the graveyard of musicians, playing cabaret. I think I'd rather be dead than work in cabaret. It's just so depressing.
Tina Turner gave me the highway blues.
I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed.
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 want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.
For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage.
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.
Throughout history, gay people such as myself and David have often been made scapegoats by those who fear that we are a threat to the status quo.
There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen.
I am the biggest technophobe of all time.
It's just so wonderful to have someone in the house like a child to turn your attention to. It's not about you anymore, it's about this lovely little human being.