Quotes from Elton John

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 Gaga or I was on 'All of the Lights,' which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.

Live for each second without hesitation

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

I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. I always felt like an outsider.

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

Fame attracts lunatics.

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

I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately. As children, we tend to copy our parents.

How wonderful life is while you're in the world

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

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.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

I'm very generous.

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

I'm 27 years clean, and when you get clean, you see things in a different way. It makes your life so much more manageable.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about when I used to drink or when I used to take drugs. I'm more interested in the future.

I'm very relaxed. I'm very happy with my personal life.

Someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear, you almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear?

I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring.

I'll not complain about your boring life, if you just leave me to mine

I do like my rock stars to be a little larger than life. I don't mind the earnest ones at all, but I do like a bit of individuality.

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

I'm very relaxed. I have a family, I have a partner of 20 years, I have a wonderful life; nothing could be better.