In my 20s I was so ignorant about drugs, and so naive. I mean, my band was smoking marijuana for years; I… — 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
I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I'm a juvenile product of the working class, who's best friend floats in the bottom of a glass. — Elton John Copy Share Image
The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Basically, I wanted redemption for the way I lived my life beforehand, and that was the drugs, the drink, the loose sex,… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I wasn't involved in anything. I wasn't out - you know, I know I wasn't in ACT UP. I wasn't with Larry… — Elton John Copy Share Image
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics to set you on your feet again. — 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
I don't want to spend the rest of my life talking about when I used to drink or when I used to… — Elton John Copy Share Image
They're [[harmaceuticals companies] just making a killing out of people's death. And they're benefiting by people's suffering. And I find that obscene.… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I was incredibly confident on stage because that's where I loved to be. But offstage, there was no balance. I was a… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Well, we can't leave anyone behind just because they are sex workers or they are needle users, intravenous drug users, prostitutes. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I'm glad I've given up drugs and alcohol. It would be awful to be like Keith Richards. He's pathetic. It's like a… — Elton John Copy Share Image
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
For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. — Elton John Copy Share Image
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 Image
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell. — Elton John Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You can beat her, but don't mistreat her. Oh, don't believe that woman please. — Elton John Copy Share Image
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 Image
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