Elton John Quotes

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

  Elton John

  Music, Healing, People

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2006.

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• Better to build a bridge than a wall.

  Elton John

  Wall, Bridges

  "Elton John and Darren Walker on Race, Sexual Identity and Leaving the Past Behind". Interview with Philip Galanes, www.nytimes.com. November 28, 2014.

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• Unless you show off you're not going to get noticed.

  Elton John

  Shows, Showing Off

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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

  Elton John

  Men, Judging, Adages

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• Live for each second without hesitation

  Elton John

  Ambition, Hesitation

  Song: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

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• How wonderful life is while you're in the world

  Elton John

  Friendship, World, Life Is

  Song: Your Song, Album: Rocket Man

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• Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

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  People, Dangerous, Dangerous Places

  "Elton John Thinks Miley Cyrus Is Like A Candle In The Wind", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 16, 2013.

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• Love is the key we must turn, truth is the flame we must burn.

  Elton John

  Love, Keys, Flames

  Song: Love Song Leslie Duncan, Album: Tumbleweed Connection

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• 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.

  Elton John

  Music, Mind, World

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

  Elton John

  Bullshit, World, Welcome

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

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Keys

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2006.

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

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  Thinking, Flying, Alps

  "Sixty things for Sir Elton's 60th", news.bbc.co.uk. March 23, 2007.

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• I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.

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  Optimistic, Views, Nuts

  "A Q&A With Elton John". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. November 16, 2004.

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• 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.

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  Music, Moving, Circles

  Song: Circle Of Life 2

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• Don't let the sun go down on me
  Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
  I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free
  But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

  Elton John

  Song, Losing Everything, Sun

  Song: Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

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• The less I say the more my work gets done.

  Elton John

  Done

  Song: Philadelphia Freedom Elton John Bernie Taupin, Album: One Night Only, 2000

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• Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.

  Elton John

  Jesus, Forgiving, Wanted

  "Elton John: 'There's A Lot Of Hate In The World'". Interview With Dotson Rader, parade.com. February 17, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Wings, Bird, Cages

  Song: Cage The Songbird, Album: Blue Moves

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• I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

  Elton John

  World, Well Known, Homosexual

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• 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.

  Elton John

  Music, Would Be, Knows

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• I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano.

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  Guitar, Piano, Wanted

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much about living.

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  Balance, Persons, Knows

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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

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  Moving, Kaleidoscope, Turns

  Song: Can You Feel The Love Tonight

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• Fame attracts lunatics.

  Elton John

  Fame, Lunatic

  "Elton John: 'There's A Lot Of Hate In The World'". Interview With Dotson Rader, parade.com. February 17, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Fighting, Rights, Behind The Scenes

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. November 12, 2006.

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