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" I haven't done much art shopping in Vegas. It tends to be from galleries that are London- or L.A.- or New York-based. We've never had someone standing over our shoulder telling us something is a good investment. "

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" I think if we could just level the playing field in life as much as possible, then we'd all be in a much better place. "

David Furnish

Life

Better

Think

" Fear and ignorance fuel so much homophobia. "

" I've had many friends over the years who have been in same-sex relationships, and the family denies hospital visitations when one is sick. Or when the estate is settled and people who have built a life together has everything taken away from them either by the families or the taxman. "

" We all live by example. "

David Furnish

Live

Example

" I was neeeever a cool kid. "

David Furnish

Cool

Kid

" One of the reasons Elton and I entered into our partnership - the first day it became legal in Britain to do so - is that we felt it was an opportunity to protect ourselves with official recognition of our relationship. "

" I'd spent my twenties trying to be everything to everybody. I had my family, my straight friends, and I was starting to develop a gay circle of friends. I was seeing some men, seeing some women, and trying to sort it all out. "

" If we can make HIV testing a normal part of looking after your health, we can truly envisage an AIDs-free future in the U.K. "

" I was definitely teased and bullied in my junior school. "

" I love diamond jewellery on men, and pocket scarves, cravats, cufflinks. The trick is to throw it together so it's natural and not contrived. That's real style. "

" A good art collection is emblematic of the people collecting it. "

" We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are. "

" It's very important in any relationship that one partner doesn't lose themselves in the other, and that's very easy if you're involved with a celebrity. "

" People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it. "

David Furnish

People

Life

" My parents have been married for 50-plus years, and I wanted to have what they had. "

" If you look at 'Gnomeo & Juliet,' the movie's message essentially says it doesn't matter if you're a 'red' or a 'blue': at the end of the day, parents should love their children and want what's best for them. "

" We want to make sure that our boys realize that there are all different kinds of families, and all families are great. "

" I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. "

" I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing. "

" Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones. "

" I studied really, really hard, rather boringly. "

" Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division. "

" Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing. "

" Everyone should be tested. Whenever they have a check-up, they should test for HIV, because if we can get to a point in our society where everyone is automatically tested, nobody will fall through the net. "

" I like Madonna's music but not her movies. She should stick to what she is good at. "

" In strictly medical terms, there's no difference between HIV and diabetes; they're not curable, but they're very, very highly treatable, and early information is power. The only thing - literally the only thing - that is different is the stigma. And we have to overcome it, because it is now the only reason people are dying. "

" When you get the high art of William Shakespeare and the greatest love story ever told, and you collision crash it with the low art of the tacky garden gnome, you're going to have lots and lots of opportunity for fun and putting your tongue very firmly in your cheek. "

" It's interesting how Rod Stewart can father a child at 65, and a straight, single footballer named Cristiano Ronaldo can arrange to have a surrogate have a baby, and neither of them receives any criticism. "

" I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents - that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough - that you can make your dreams come true. "

" When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises. "