Elton John Quotes

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can’t make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it’s never going to – you know, it’s not attractive enough.

If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.

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.

I’m lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don’t want a Picasso on my wall; it’s great art, but it’s dead art to me. I’d rather have a photograph by someone I’ve never heard of that really inspires me.

We were both very much the same. We were both very impulsive. We both loved life. We both loved shopping. We both had a love of clothes, obviously, because he was the designer that I kind of wore forever and ever.

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

I’m so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she’s always marched to the beat of her own drum.

Once I’d heard ‘Modern Times’ by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records.

I have no one to leave the money to. I’m a single man. I like spending my money.

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

I’m a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I’d actually be a father, but I’m very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.

For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that’s where I felt at home.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.

I went to a mixed school and I can’t remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you’re going to be a bully, you’ll pick on someone who is small. I didn’t bully anybody, and I don’t remember being bullied.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.

And I agreed with that, and I couldn’t wait to change my name anyway, because I’m not too fond of the name of Reginald. It’s a very kind of ’50s English name.