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" 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. "
Elton John
House
Beautiful
She
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" I'm lucky enough and wealthy enough to be able to buy photographs and buy art that inspires me from day to day. I don't want a Picasso on my wall; it's great art, but it's dead art to me. I'd rather have a photograph by someone I've never heard of that really inspires me. "
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" There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats. "
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" Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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You
Know
Enough
" Fame attracts lunatics. "
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Fame
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" We were both very much the same. We were both very impulsive. We both loved life. We both loved shopping. We both had a love of clothes, obviously, because he was the designer that I kind of wore forever and ever. "
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Life
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" Once I'd heard 'Modern Times' by Bob Dylan, it really changed the way I wanted to make records. "
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Modern
Records
" I'd always lived with people - my family, or had people living with me, because I'd never liked being on my own. "
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Family
My Own
" I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money. "
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Like
Leave
" 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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Reason
Want
" I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away and semi-studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music but sort of half-heartedly. "
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Want
Started
Royal
" 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. "
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Take
Successful
You
" I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short. "
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Hate
Short
Wear
" I've never been jealous of anybody's success. I've been flummoxed by it because I don't understand it, but I'm not jealous of it. "
Elton John
Never
Understand
Jealous
" 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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You
Sometimes
Admit
" As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes. "
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Kind
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" I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid. "
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Just
Kid
Shy
" 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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Amazing
Son
Life
" 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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Me
Tea
Good
" There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen. "
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Say
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Going
" 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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You
School
Remember
" Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. "
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Cruel
Loving
" I think performers are all show-offs anyway, especially musicians. Unless you show off, you're not going to get noticed. "
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Musicians
You
Off
" 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. "
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Kind
Because
Change
" 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. "
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Man
Think
" I'm very generous. "
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Very
" 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 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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Know
Legal
Action