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" I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it. "
Elton John
Celebrity
Stand
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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. "
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" For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. "
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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. "
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" I've always been dead set against festivals - really suspicious and wary. "
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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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" Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids. "
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" I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. "
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