I've dodged so many bullets. Not just because of unsafe sex, but because of the amount of drugs I did, the amount… — Elton John Copy Share Image
And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're… — Elton John Copy Share Image
You know, it's a very treatable disease. You shouldn't feel ashamed. But I'm afraid that's carried on very much so from the… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I knew about AIDS. My friends were dying right, left, and center. I did a record with Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, and… — Elton John Copy Share Image
George W. Bush was passionate about AIDS. And we had a 10-minute talk at the interval of a concert at the Kennedy… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I can't talk about - as eloquently as everyone else about a prevention or medicine or, you know, funding, but I can… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I don't think there can ever be too many messages about AIDS. If you stop the education process, then people are going… — Elton John Copy Share Image
People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness… — Elton John Copy Share Image
And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's… — Elton John Copy Share Image
But we came for the Kennedy Center Awards, which was an incredible honor. Being a British person, I was bestowed this honor.… — Elton John Copy Share Image
And now South Africa has finally woken up and it is doing great things. And if South Africa becomes the template to… — Elton John Copy Share Image
People still think of AIDS as a shame-based disease, it's a sexually transmitted disease, and you're either gay or you're a prostitute… — Elton John Copy Share Image
When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on.… — Elton John Copy Share Image
If people are encouraged to come out and say they're HIV-positive and they're given their treatments, then obviously, the people who are… — Elton John Copy Share Image
When we started, I was delivering meals to people in Atlanta. We were a direct-care organization. And it was - people needed… — Elton John Copy Share Image
The AIDS disease is caused by a virus, but the AIDS epidemic is not. The AIDS epidemic is fueled by stigma, by… — Elton John Copy Share Image
And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual… — Elton John Copy Share Image
But until we get rid of that shame, then people are going to stay underground, they are not going to get tested,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. — Elton John Copy Share
And we have come so far like that. I mean, the advances on the medication side have been enormous, and the advances on the… — Elton John Copy Share
I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I… — Elton John Copy Share
I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring. — Elton John Copy Share
I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I… — Elton John Copy Share
I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it. — Elton John Copy Share
You can beat her, but don't mistreat her. Oh, don't believe that woman please. — Elton John Copy Share
The Backstreet Boys can sing their asses off. I'm not so sure about those other boy bands. But Backstreet Boys have my ultimate respect. — Elton John Copy Share
I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is… — Elton John Copy Share
He [Ryan White] had a kind of angelic aura about him. And his family, too, it's like, they are going through all this suffering,… — Elton John Copy Share
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