Quotes from David Furnish

It's very important in any relationship that one partner doesn't lose themselves in the other, and that's very easy if you're involved with a celebrity.

When Stephen Harper was elected as the new Conservative Prime Minister - and he talked about repealing gay marriage and putting it to a vote in the House of Commons - Elton and I talked about getting married in Canada to make a statement, for ideological and political reasons.

I am for 100% equality across the board for everybody, in all walks of life.

If you look at 'Gnomeo & Juliet,' the movie's message essentially says it doesn't matter if you're a 'red' or a 'blue': at the end of the day, parents should love their children and want what's best for them.

I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art.

I'm always very proud when people ask me about being a Canadian.

It's interesting how Rod Stewart can father a child at 65, and a straight, single footballer named Cristiano Ronaldo can arrange to have a surrogate have a baby, and neither of them receives any criticism.

I think if we could just level the playing field in life as much as possible, then we'd all be in a much better place.

People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it.

When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises.

We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great.

I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school.

I think people get fearful of things they don't know or understand.

We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That's a great role model.

Everyone should be tested. Whenever they have a check-up, they should test for HIV, because if we can get to a point in our society where everyone is automatically tested, nobody will fall through the net.

If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K.

Putin is lovely.

When you get the high art of William Shakespeare and the greatest love story ever told, and you collision crash it with the low art of the tacky garden gnome, you're going to have lots and lots of opportunity for fun and putting your tongue very firmly in your cheek.

I ran away from small-town Canada to London; I ran away from my family because I didn't think I could be the person I was.

A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it.

One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship.

The reality is, if a woman is married to man with a title, she gets a title. I think everybody should have the same opportunities and the same privileges and the same honours.

I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing.

When 1.2 million people come together for Pride in Toronto, that's great, but we now need to start paying it forward and thinking about the rest of the world.