My mum always used to buy a record every Friday. Elton John More Quotes by Elton John More Quotes From Elton John I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate. Elton John beautifulbookjesus How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfill their dream of having children, your archaic thinking is out of step with the times, just like your fashions. I shall never wear Dolce and Gabbana ever again. Elton John fashiondreambeautiful I'm glad I've given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He's pathetic. It's like a monkey with arthritis, trying to go onstage and look young. Elton John drugalcoholtrying Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place. Elton John dangerous-placesdangerouspeople I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it. Elton John grantedappreciateand-love It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word. Elton John hardestsorrysong Instead of more violence why isn't there a [meeting of religious leaders]. It's all got to be dialogue - that's the only way. Get everybody from each religion together and say 'Listen, this can't go on. Why do we have all this hatred?' Elton John leaderhatredreligious Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell. Elton John marskidsfacts And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust. Elton John trustloyaltybirthday George W. Bush was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy Center about AIDS. And I was astonished about how well-informed he was and his commitment to AIDS. And so it's the typical thing of don't judge a book by its cover until you have read the book. Elton John judgingbookcommitment Fame attracts lunatics. Elton John lunaticfame I'm going to fight for human rights, whether I do it silently behind the scenes or vocally so that I get locked up. I can't just sit back; it's not in my nature. I can't sit back and blindly ignore it, and I won't. Elton John behind-the-scenesfightingrights You know, it's a very treatable disease. You shouldn't feel ashamed. But I'm afraid that's carried on very much so from the first days of AIDS, when it was basically a gay disease. And then, of course, you know, it affected everybody. Elton John gaydiseasefirsts I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way. Elton John dadnightkids I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano. Elton John pianoguitarwanted I get bombed for breakfast in the morning, I get bombed for dinner. Elton John drugalcoholmorning He [Ryan White] had a kind of angelic aura about him. And his family, too, it's like, they are going through all this suffering, and I'm living this "Life of Riley" and I'm complaining about everything, and they are living this horrific life and complaining about nothing. Elton John sufferingwhitecomplaining I'm a very wealthy man. Elton John wealthymen We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love. Elton John birthdaylovewar Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. Elton John bandhard-workreality
