Elton John is one of the few artists who has managed to stay on the wave of popularity for a long time, aided by his abilities as a composer and performer, as well as his fashion sense.
In his work, Elton John evolved from rock and roll to psychedelic rock and then to soft rock and back again.
Best Elton John Quotes
- “Such is the cycle of life: we pass through despair and hope, through love and faith, until we find a shelter prepared for us along the way.”
- “We have to fill the days of our lives, so don’t stop shining.”
- “I hate popularity, my own and others’. Popularity is like alcohol: if you’re drunk with it, you need more.”
- “Without a leader with charm – even if it’s negative – success will not come.”
- “I’ve never liked the way I look. A complete lack of smugness. And it will probably be like that all my life.”
- “When you feel bad, don’t try to shoulder the imperfections of the world.”
- “Sometimes, Flying over the Alps, I think about how the snow caps are all the cocaine I’ve been snorting.”
- “I’ve always been drawn to smashing a guitar over someone’s head. Except it’s hard to do that with a piano.”
- “The internet has taken away the opportunity for people to be with each other, to socialise live and come up with new things. People are less and less likely to be in studios today, and instead they’re sitting in their homes making new music, which is sometimes good, but it’s not going to last.”
- “We have to fill the days of our lives, so don’t stop shining.”
- “Fame attracts crazy people. Princess Diana, Gianni Versace, John Lennon, Michael Jackson-all of them are dead. Two of them were murdered on their own doorstep. It wouldn’t have happened if they weren’t famous. It wasn’t until after Gianni died that I hired a security guard.”
- “Hate is a strong word. I hate militarism, I hate religious organisations that divide people. I hate everything that multiplies sorrow.”
- “The great thing about rock ‘n’ roll is that a man like me can be a star.”
- “Everyone has their moment, you just have to realise that the kaleidoscope of life plays all of us, one at a time.”
- “I love places like this that have an incredible history behind them. I love the way Italians live in the world. I love good food. I love the people. That’s the way Italians approach life, and that’s close to me.”
- “The highest point of success is just a moment; no matter who you are or how big you are, your name is not forever at the top of the charts. Someone is bound to take over.”
- “Anyone who performs from a stage with a phonogram while people have bought tickets for £75 should be shot.”
- “I think a world where entertainers are taught to only say things that can’t piss anyone off and everyone comes across as perfect is terribly boring. It’s also deceitful. The actors are imperfect. Nobody is perfect.”
- “I was always only interested in the purely artistic side of life.”
- “In the doctor’s office I realised: to give up a bad habit, you have to be very scared. And there is nothing scarier than the word ‘cancer’.”