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" As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes. "
Elton John
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" I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow! "
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" If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher. "
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" I'm very generous. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a very wealthy man. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards. "
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Vegas
Time
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Love
Thought
" I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. "
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Myself
Thought
" I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though. "
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Line
Choose
" 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. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. "
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Gardening
Love
You
" I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever. "
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Doing
You
Sitting
" I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano. "
Elton John
Head
You
Someone
" I'm addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I'm basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever. "
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" I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death. "
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Him
Great
Love
" 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. "
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Attention
You
Someone
" 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. "
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Individuality
Stars
Rock
" I've never had a writer's block, but still I think: 'Is it going to happen this time?' You never know what you're going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope. "
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You
Hope
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" 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. "
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" I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground. "
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Ground
" 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. "
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" I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them. "
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Action
" Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually. "
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Saying
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" Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now. "
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Years
" I've only been interested in the artistic side of life. "
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" I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada. "
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America