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" An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make. "
Person
Make
Actor
" 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. "
Kind
Because
Change
" And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust. "
Trust
Age
Day
" And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened. "
You
Sometimes
Admit
" And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life. "
Someone
Life
Business
" And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening. "
Gay
You
People
" And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you. "
Take
Successful
You
" As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes. "
Allowed
Kind
Wear
" As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it. "
Unhappy
Accept
Days
" At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels. "
Music
Looking
Sitting
" Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. "
Hard Work
Young
Today
" Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help. "
Help
Successful
You
" But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough. "
Relationship
Step
Good
" Everything I thought I'd hate about having children - the crying, the screaming - nothing fazes me. I love it all, and it's relaxed me. "
Me
Love
Thought
" Fame attracts lunatics. "
Lunatics
Fame
Attracts
" 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. "
Go
Time
Me
" I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. "
Music
I Can
Past
" I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. "
Write
I Am
I Can
" I am the biggest technophobe of all time. "
Biggest
Am
I Am
" I am the most well-known homosexual in the world. "
I Am
Most
Well-Known
" I could never go onstage in denims. "
Never
Go
Onstage
" I'd always lived with people - my family, or had people living with me, because I'd never liked being on my own. "
Me
Family
My Own
" 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. "
Fun
You
Think
" 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. "
Individuality
Stars
Rock
" I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love. "
I Can
Myself
Musicians
" 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. "
You
Work
Say
" If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. "
I Am
Man
Think
" If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher. "
Am
I Am
Singer
" 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. "
You
Artist
Good
" I grew up at my grandmother's house and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. "
House
Beautiful
She
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