Elton John

"Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived."

"The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff. Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision. It’s just a means to an end. We’re talking about things that are going to change the world and change the way people listen to music and that’s not going to happen with people blogging on the internet. I mean, get out there, communicate. Hopefully the next movement in music will tear down the internet. Let’s get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging. I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span. There’s too much technology available. I’m sure, as far as music goes, it would be much more interesting than it is today."

"Chefs aren't celebrities: they're chefs."

"Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours."

"People should be very free with sex, but they should draw the line at goats."

"It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road, you never know when you'll be invited to something really formal."

"Sometimes when I'm flying over the Alps I think, 'that's like all the cocaine I sniffed."

"He is Mr Piano Man, I am Miss Piano Man."

"There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome."

"You and your oven are capable of great things, Remember, no two ovens are the same."

"They're not "normal" songs. None of her songs have been "normal." She's just who she is, she's unique. She's — a mystery. She's the most beautiful mystery. … Let me tell you a story: when I had my civil partnership, nine years ago, in 2005, and Kate — we invited Kate, we didn't think she'd come but she came, she came with her husband Danny, and there were a lot of very famous people in that room, there were like 600 people — and all anybody wanted to meet was Kate Bush. I mean, musician, anybody — they couldn't believe Kate Bush was there. She's kind of an enigma."

""Wuthering Heights" was not your normal type song — but that's why it was so brilliant. It was something out the norm. When something like that comes along, they don’t come along that often. When does the next Kate Bush come along, after Kate Bush? There hasn’t been one."

"That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. That record helped me get sober. So she played a big part in my actual downfall and kind of "rebirth'" as it were. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did."

"`Cause I live and breathe Philadelphia freedom. From the day that I was born I've waved the flag. Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man. Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had.Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you. Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind. Shine a light, shine a light Shine a light, won't you shine a light. Philadelphia freedom, I love you, yes I do."

"Don't go breaking my heart. I couldn't if I tried. Honey if I get restless... Baby you're not that kind.Don't go breaking my heart. You take the weight off me. Honey when you knock on my door, I gave you my key."

"Goodbye England's rose, May you ever grow in our hearts. You were the grace that placed itself Where lives were torn apart.You called out to our country, And you whispered to those in pain. Now you belong to Heaven, And the stars spell out your name.And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind, Never fading with the sunset, When the rain set in."

"For this dark and lonely room Projects a shadow cast in gloom. And my eyes are mirrors Of the world outside. Thinking of the way That the wind can turn the tide. And these shadows turn From purple into grey."

"And you can tell everybody, this is your song. It may be quite simple but now that it's done, I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you're in the world."

"Through a glass eye your throne Is the one danger zone. Take me to the pilot for control; Take me to the pilot of your soul."

"Holy Moses I have been deceived. Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave. Won't you please excuse my frankness, but it's not my cup of tea. Holy Moses I have been deceived."

"Now they've found me, At last they've found me. It's hard to run From a starving family. Now they've found me. Well I won't run; I'm tired of hearing There goes a well-known gun."

"In the quiet silent seconds I turned off the light switch And I came down to meet you in the half light the moon left. While a cluster of night jars sang some songs out of tune, A mantle of bright light shone down from a room."

"You're the son of your father, Try a little bit harder. Do for me as he would do for you. With blood and water bricks and mortar, He built for you a home. You're the son of your father, So treat me as your own."

"As soon as this is over we'll go home To plant the seeds of justice in our bones, To watch the children growing and see the women sewing. There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring."

"So where to now St. Peter, If it's true I'm in your hands? I may not be a Christian, But I've done all one man can. I understand I'm on the road Where all that was is gone. So where to now St. Peter? Show me which road I'm on,br>Which road I'm on."

"Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady. Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak, Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours, Rolling through the hay like a puppy child."

"Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band. Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man. Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand. And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand."

"But oh how it feels so real, Lying here with no one near. Only you and you can't hear me When I say softly, slowly.Hold me closer tiny dancer, Count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, You had a busy day today."

"He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day When the New York Times said God is dead And the war's begun."

"And he shall be Levon, And he shall be a good man. And he shall be Levon, In tradition with the family plan. And he shall be Levon, And he shall be a good man. He shall be Levon."

"They said get back honky cat, Better get back to the woods. Well I quit those days and my redneck ways. And oh the change is gonna do me good.You better get back honky cat, Living in the city ain't where it's at. It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine. It's like trying to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine."

"Yeah I'm gonna kill myself, Get a little headline news. I'd like to see what the papers say On the state of teenage blues."

"And I think it's gonna be a long long time Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home. Oh no no no I'm a rocket man."

"While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers Turn around and say good morning to the night. For unless they see the sky, But they can't and that is why They know not if it's dark outside or light."

"Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain. Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye. God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes."

"Daniel my brother you are older than me. Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal? Your eyes have died but you see more than I. Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky."

"It's a natural achievement, Conquering my homework With her image pounding in my brain. She's an inspiration For my graduation, And she helps to keep the classroom sane."

"Have mercy on the criminal Who is running from the law. Are you blind to the winds of change? Don't you hear him any more?"

"I remember when rock was young, Me and Suzie had so much fun Holding hands and skimming stones. Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own. But the biggest kick I ever got Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock. While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock, We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock."

"Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking, When your feet just can't keep still. I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will."

"And love lies bleeding in my hand. Oh it kills me to think of you with another man. I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan. But my guitar couldn't hold you, So I split the band. Love lies bleeding in my hands."

"And it seems to me you lived your life Like a candle in the wind, Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in. And I would have liked to have known you, But I was just a kid. Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did."

"We'll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around, You're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound."

"Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet? But they're so spaced out, Bennie and the Jets. Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful, Oh Bennie she's really keen. She's got electric boots, a mohair suit. You know I read it in a magazine. Bennie and the Jets."

"When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? I should have stayed on the farm, I should have listened to my old man."

"So goodbye yellow brick road, Where the dogs of society howl. You can't plant me in your penthouse, I'm going back to my plough."

"Don't give us none of your aggravation, We had it with your discipline. Saturday night's alright for fighting, Get a little action in."

"I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch, Oh the bitch is back, Stone cold sober as a matter of fact. I can bitch, I can bitch `Cause I'm better than you. It's the way that I move, The things that I do."

"Don't let the sun go down on me. Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see. I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free. But losing everything is like the sun going down on me."

"And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear. You almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear? You nearly had me roped and tied, Altar-bound, hypnotized. Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, You're a butterfly. And butterflies are free to fly, Fly away, high away, bye bye."