Quotes from Elton John

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis.

All this science I don't understand, it's just my job five days a week.

The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted to working.

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties.

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.

She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

This overload is edging me further out to sea, I need to put some distances between overkill and me.

I'm a juvenile product of the working class, who's best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.

I like Stevie Wonder. I usually wind up playing the same old tapes in the car.

Who really needs a new album from me?

He's been dead for so many years, but I'm still trying to impress him. That's what gave me my drive. 'Look at me, Dad, I've succeeded.'

I'd always lived with people - my family, or had people living with me, because I'd never liked being on my own.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend [George Michael] - the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart goes out to his family and all of his fans.

Don't let the sun go down on me.

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

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

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