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> [Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/lincolnshire-is-the-idaho-of-england-you-were-either-going-to-drive-a/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

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## More by Bernie Taupin

> [Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/don-t-call-my-lyrics-poetry-it-s-an-insult-to-real-poets/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/elton-john-s-home-is-laden-with-trinkets-and-books-relating-to/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [The worst thing about me is that I'll buy albums and put them away on the shelf and forget that I've got them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/the-worst-thing-about-me-is-that-i-ll-buy-albums-and-put-them-away-on/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/lincolnshire-is-the-idaho-of-england-you-were-either-going-to-drive-a/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/one-reason-i-quit-doing-interviews-after-years-and-years-and-years/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [Early risers catch the world waking and see its true colors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/early-risers-catch-the-world-waking-and-see-its-true-colors/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/my-mother-s-father-taught-english-literature-when-i-was-about-ten-or/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [Read books, discover the blues and don't Tweet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/read-books-discover-the-blues-and-don-t-tweet/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/my-mother-set-me-on-the-right-track-marty-robbins-made-me-want-to/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> ['Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/captain-fantastic-was-the-first-album-in-history-to-enter-the/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/my-favorite-thing-is-coming-up-with-titles-the-majority-of-the-songs/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [“Until you've seen this trash can dream come true. You stand at the edge while people run you through. And I thank the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/until-you-ve-seen-this-trash-can-dream-come-true-you-stand-at-the/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [I am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/i-am-a-simple-vessel-with-complex-overtones-opinionated-on-occasions/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [Basically it takes me very little time to write a song. If I find myself taking more than an hour to do it I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/basically-it-takes-me-very-little-time-to-write-a-song-if-i-find/)

[Bernie Taupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernie-taupin/)

> [We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernie-taupin/we-may-have-limped-onto-broadway-as-the-underdogs-but-underdogs-bite/)

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