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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'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

" I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I've got a great collection of photography. "

" 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. "

" I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before. "

" I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money. "

Elton John

Single

Leave

" 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. "

" I could never go onstage in denims. "

Elton John

Never

Onstage

" 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. "

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

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

Elton John

I Am

Singer

" We live in an age, in an era where there is so much negativity, there is so much violence in the world, there is so much unrest and people are at war, that I wanted to promote the word love and red signifies love. "

" I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later. "

" 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. "

Elton John

Say

Going

" 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'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. "

" I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid. "

" 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. "

" I've got that resilient thing inside me. But I wasn't a happy bunny. "

Elton John

Bunny

Got

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

" I've always been dead set against festivals - really suspicious and wary. "

" My mum always used to buy a record every Friday. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. "

" 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. "