I play music from Queen, to Elton John, to classic.

I tend to want to form bands and then create new music within them. Queen was an exception, and we joined forces because it…

— Paul Rodgers

I mean, come on, Beyonce's the queen of pop music. She's the queen. If you could run for queen... I would put her name…

— Darren Criss

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the…

— Brandi Carlile

I still find it a bit surreal that Sir Elton John can call Troy Deeney from Chelmsley. It's quite entertaining but a bit surreal.

— Troy Deeney

You don't hear a film director saying 'Money mustn't go out of the industry' to actors. You don't hear a concert promoter saying 'We…

— Gordon Taylor

It's really important to me to promote worthy causes. But not in a heavy, obligatory, responsibility way. I really admired that as a kid,…

— Brandi Carlile

Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album.

— Arthur Smith

I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The…

— Brandon Flowers

My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and…

— Brandi Carlile

I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen.

— Ian Axel

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…

— John Oates

The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies…

— Jon Landau

I buy flowers for myself all the time. I'm comedy's Elton John.

— Joe Lycett

My first triumph was turning Elton John's 'Benny and the Jets' into a gospel tune.

— Kirk Franklin

Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be.

— Axl Rose