It’s so easy to write songs about misery and hard times and sadness. It’s much more difficult to write songs about happy and chirpy stuff.
It was Saturday late, have you seen my mates, can you tell me when the boys get here? Well, it’s seven o’clock and I want to rock and get a belly full of beer.
The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became – it’s become an addiction. I’m addicted to working.
I guess that’s why they call it the blues, time on my hands could be time spent with you.
You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.
Make this man a saint now, OK?
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 still want to play music but I don’t want to look like Donald Duck while I’m doing it.
I’d walk a million miles to give her what she needs. But she would walk a million more to do what she believes.
On a street of right and wrong in every inch of sadness, rocks and tanks go hand in hand with madness.
No tears to damn you when jealousy burns.
My mother encouraged me and was very great about me being gay, but she always encouraged me to follow my musical dreams, which I’m very grateful for.
As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I’m not unhappy about it.
Some men kneel and pray, I like women and I like wine.
To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.
I’ll even pay sometimes for a woman that’s ugly.
I want a love that don’t mean a thing.
If there’s a God in heaven, what’s he waiting for? If He can’t hear the children, then he must see the war.
Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways.
I’m the ultimate record fan. I still go out and buy records.