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" Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. "

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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. "

" I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians. "

" 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 am the biggest technophobe of all time. "

" I could never go onstage in denims. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano. "

" 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. "

" Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big. "

" 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! "

" People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste. "

" I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust. "

" I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground. "

" 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. "

" I'm a very wealthy man. "

" I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada. "

" 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. "

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

" Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough. "

" Simon Cowell and I are great friends, and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing. "

" I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum. "

" 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. "

" The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too. "