Elton John Songs Quotes & Sayings

I can remember - barely - when Elton John was still a good songwriter, or at least capable of writing good songs. — Terry Teachout

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two. — Sophie Swetchine

Aplomb. I had managed to portray myself as a good Jew and, — Jon Ronson

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened. ...
No sooner are they open than the drama beings. To look without understanding - that is paradise. Hell, then, would be the place where we understand, where we understand too much. ... — Emil Cioran

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good. — Elton John

I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs are great songs, and they stand the test of time, and they can be interpreted and recorded with many points of view, but yet still retain the essence of what makes them good songs. — John Oates

Don't do your best, do my best. — Adam Carolla

I've always loved Elton John and that is one of my favorite songs by him and Bernie (Taupin). The American songbook is ever-expanding and I feel like it works well with what I was trying to say. — Cheyenne Jackson

People who always want to be happy and pursue it above all else are some of the most miserable people in the world. — Henry Cloud

I cannot forget that the Nobel Prize for Peace was also a commission - a commission to work harder than I had ever worked before for "the brotherhood of man". — Martin Luther King Jr.

I raise my wrist, show him the bracelets. I have pride in them now. They're true, and people can't screw with them. And when you say the truth you get stronger. — Ned Vizzini

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. — Elton John

If someone asked me if I could have anything in the world, what would l want? If l could own anything, like owning a piece of art, l think it would be Elton John's publishing, on his first seven albums. I don't want the money. Being able to own those songs Is like owning a painting of someone you admire. — Axl Rose

The fence and the boundary line are the symbols of the spirit of justice. They set the limits upon each man's interest to prevent one from taking advantage of the other. — Reinhold Niebuhr

There was no good or bad, sometimes. There was just living and not living. A person had a right to do whatever it took to survive. I — Skye Warren

Energy is one topic on which different countries can work together collaboratively. If we can all produce energy from an element that's available in abundance on our planet, that would be a good thing, but we have to learn how to produce energy in large quantities, cheaply, efficiently and without detriment to the environment. — Mildred S. Dresselhaus

We need to police ourselves in the media. — Bob Woodward

When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with Gaga or I was on 'All of the Lights,' which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio. — Elton John

In all things God works for the good of those who love Him. — Anonymous

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. — Henry David Thoreau

I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break. — Elton John

I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now. — Elton John