These are a few of my favorite Elton John quotes:
'I want to be a living legend - and I will.' (Elton John - 1976)
'I can't understand it. I've always said that rock stars are supposed to be skinny and wasted. I think (with me) with a female it's very much a mother image, 'Oh, hey, can I cuddle you.' It's a very subtle thing. In England it isn't. I can't walk around the streets there for fear that I'll get clothes ripped off. They're not subtle at all in England, they just go crazy.' (on being asked how he feels about being a sex symbol - 1976)
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'... I love reading a review that says 'Well, Elton John is finished.' I must say there was a review in Creem of 'Caribou', and it was the worst review. It was great. It made me laugh. I don't mind reviews like that because it was very comical.... One magazine printed a letter to the editor from a Kim Sand in Montego Bay, Jamaica, I'm sure John Lennon wrote it, that says, 'I'm tired of seeing this tired old closet queen and he doesn't even move around on stage anymore. Elton John belongs in one.' It was worse than that. But I love those.' (Elton John - 1976)
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'Even if I had only one finger left, I'd play for you.' ( Elton John - circa 1970's)
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'There's nothing wrong with going to bed with somebody of your own sex. I think everybody's bisexual to a certain degree. I don't think it's just me. It's not a bad thing to be. I think you're bisexual. I think everybody is.' (1976)
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'I'm music mad, and if I had it to do over, I'd still plump for a career in music.' (1975)
'... there is something at the (Caribou) ranch called Yukon Jack. It comes from
'Give me a couple of drinks and I'll be the bitch.' (in response to who the bitch is in his song 'The Bitch Is Back' - 1974)
'I think people should be free with sex... they should draw the line at goats.' (1976)
'Bernie and I do seem to attract weirdos. I don't know why, because we're not really weird ourselves. People give me pineapples, and some girl gave me her knickers. Yeah, in
(on his roadies - 1974) 'I love them, I don't tie them up and beat them or anything. They tie me up and beat me. That's why I love them ...'
'They call me the nicest guy in the music business and hell, I don't even eat dick.' (1975)
'I've never been a sex symbol and the clothes I wear have always been to conceal the fact that I'm horribly shy. Look at me; I'm plump, I'm hairy, I've never been part of what they call The Bare Chest Brigade. I'm more "Oh, ain't he lovely? Take 'im home and make 'im a cup of tea!' (1978)
'I was the first person to wear 8 inch platform boots. They were impounded at customs on one occasion ... 'cause they were convinced I was using them to smuggle drugs.' (2001)
(on Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy - 2001) '... It made me cry when I made it and it still makes me cry. It reminds me of a period in my life which was bliss. Being with Bernie, working with Bernie ... there was a lot of love ... and the melodies just poured out of me. It was also very personal for both of us because those lyrics were our story ... It's like the opera of our lives, or at least that early part of our partnership. It's like a love story between both of us.'
'Puff (Puff, The Magic Dragon) was really a transvestite. You always find people who are willing to read things into songs. They're the sort of people who write in to the back page of Melody Maker. They're idiots, I mean, how can you possibly write to the back page Melody Maker? You'd have to be a bit demented...' (1975)
'What about 'Daniel', who is obviously a homosexual? Somebody said it's obviously a homosexual song, Daniel, my brother, I love you ... Some skinhead in
'I'm the male Betty Boop' (1978)
Elton on Marilyn Monroe:
'When I think of Marilyn (
'...he's (Bernie Taupin) really into Marilyn Monroe, man, and you should probably talk to him about that. I'm a Marilyn Monroe fan too, but I think he's more 'into' Marilyn Monroe than I am, because he knows far more about her, and goes to auctions when they sell her things. I think that's terrible. You imagine, they had an auction in Los Angeles where you could buy her driving license. It's very sad to think that nobody loved her enough to actually keep her drving license.' (1974)
'Well, she (Marilyn Monroe) wasn't a cult figure while she was alive, I don't think. I don't think anyone is til they die. She was very popular, but when she died it was like the tragic Hollywood story wasn't it? I mean, everybody loves a story like that.' (1974)













