When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with [Lady] Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.

Elton John

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Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of... by Elton John

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

music healing people

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same by Elton John

Don't judge the picture by the frame, every man is not the same

adages judging men

The less I say the more my work gets done. by Elton John

The less I say the more my work gets done.

done

Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived. by Elton John

Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.

welcome bullshit world

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.

music would-be knows

Live for each second without hesitation by Elton John

Live for each second without hesitation

hesitation ambition

Better to build a bridge than a wall. by Elton John

Better to build a bridge than a wall.

wall bridges

You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.

cages wings bird

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.

keys writing song

Don't let the sun go down on me by Elton John

Don't let the sun go down on me

losing-everything sun song

From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I was asked. Eminem has the balls to say what he feels and to make offensive things funny. That's very necessary today in America, with people being muzzled and irony becoming a lost art. Artists like Eminem who use their free speech to get a point across are vitally important. There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.

america art thinking

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats, though.

practice sex thinking

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

kaleidoscope turns moving

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all... by Elton John

Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'

alps flying thinking

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

circles music moving

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.

hate ignorance past

I used to take hostages in my relationships and not let people be independent. It always ended in disaster, because you take away people's identity and they end up full of resentment.

independent identity people

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can b... by Elton John

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

rocks stars inspirational

Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you're a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.

butterfly bye sweet

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life. by Elton John

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.

artistic sides