--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Elton John" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Elton John. Plus more from Elton John and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/elton-john-849_ifs_there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only_1806653.png" --- > [There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only-learn-that-the-twisting/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/elton-john-849_ifs_there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only_1806653.png) > [I don't whistle at you down the street. I would if I could, but I can't whistle you see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-don-t-whistle-at-you-down-the-street-i-would-if-i-could-but-i-can-t/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaf/elton-john-849_funny_i-don-t-whistle-at-you-down-the-street-i_2219682.png) > [If there's a God in heaven, what's he waiting for? If He can't hear the children, then he must see the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/if-there-s-a-god-in-heaven-what-s-he-waiting-for-if-he-can-t-hear-the/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/elton-john-849_children_if-there-s-a-god-in-heaven-what-s-he-wai_895944.png) > [To forgive and be forgiven, if it's the last thing I do, then in death's release I may find the peace that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/to-forgive-and-be-forgiven-if-it-s-the-last-thing-i-do-then-in-death/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/elton-john-849_death_to-forgive-and-be-forgiven-if-it-s-the-l_2149894.png) > [If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/if-you-write-great-songs-with-meaning-and-emotion-they-will-last-for-2/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63a/elton-john-849_emotion_if-you-write-great-songs-with-meaning-an_2531113.png) > [If you're stuck at piano and you're not a lead guitarist or a lead vocalist, you're kind of at a nine-foot plank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/if-you-re-stuck-at-piano-and-you-re-not-a-lead-guitarist-or-a-lead/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/elton-john-849_feet_if-you-re-stuck-at-piano-and-you-re-not_592774.png) > [What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I'm gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/what-a-scandal-if-i-die-yeah-i-m-gonna-kill-myself-get-a-little/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/elton-john-849_dies_what-a-scandal-if-i-die-yeah-i-m-gonna-k_844298.png) > [ We are all God's people; we have to get along and the \[religious leaders\] have to lead the way. If they don't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/we-are-all-god-s-people-we-have-to-get-along-and-the-religious/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/650/elton-john-849_deals_we-are-all-god-s-people-we-have-to-get-a_1284446.jpg) > [I don't think there can ever be too many messages about AIDS. If you stop the education process, then people are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-don-t-think-there-can-ever-be-too-many-messages-about-aids-if-you/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/elton-john-849_aids_i-don-t-think-there-can-ever-be-too-many_1426418.png) > [In the '50s you weren't taught about sex whatsoever. It was never just talked about. People used to snoop behind their curtains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/in-the-50s-you-weren-t-taught-about-sex-whatsoever-it-was-never-just/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/elton-john-849_behinds_in-the-50s-you-weren-t-taught-about-sex_2215560.png) > [Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/ask-anyone-if-it-hadn-t-been-for-elvis-i-don-t-know-where-popular/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/elton-john-849_asks_ask-anyone-if-it-hadn-t-been-for-elvis-i_2850888.png) > [I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-don-t-think-you-can-recreate-anything-from-the-past-you-can-not-do/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/674/elton-john-849_atmosphere_i-don-t-think-you-can-recreate-anything_3175071.png) > [So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do You see I've forgotten, if they're green or they're blue Anyway, the thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/so-excuse-me-forgetting-but-these-things-i-do-you-see-i-ve-forgotten/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da5/elton-john-849_blue_so-excuse-me-forgetting-but-these-things_590826.png) > [I find that so many of my peers of my age don't listen to anything new. But I love the new. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-find-that-so-many-of-my-peers-of-my-age-don-t-listen-to-anything/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc7/elton-john-849_age_i-find-that-so-many-of-my-peers-of-my-ag_711938.png) > [I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-don-t-want-to-be-married-i-m-very-happy-with-a-civil-partnership-if/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/elton-john-849_being-married_i-don-t-want-to-be-married-i-m-very-happ_2460515.png) > [When we started, I was delivering meals to people in Atlanta. We were a direct-care organization. And it was - people needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/when-we-started-i-was-delivering-meals-to-people-in-atlanta-we-were-a/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e90/elton-john-849_agony_when-we-started-i-was-delivering-meals-t_147679.png) > [You know, no one should be marginalized in society when it comes to health. And, you know, we have - as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/you-know-no-one-should-be-marginalized-in-society-when-it-comes-to/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/elton-john-849_champion_you-know-no-one-should-be-marginalized-i_1559332.png) > [And now South Africa has finally woken up and it is doing great things. And if South Africa becomes the template to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/and-now-south-africa-has-finally-woken-up-and-it-is-doing-great/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/elton-john-849_africa_and-now-south-africa-has-finally-woken-u_3161342.jpg) > [When President Mbeki said, if you get AIDS, you can have a shower and it goes away. It's like, oh, come on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/when-president-mbeki-said-if-you-get-aids-you-can-have-a-shower-and/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/elton-john-849_aids_when-president-mbeki-said-if-you-get-aid_1671783.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Elton John > [For me music is so passionate. I have to give it my all every time I go onstage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/for-me-music-is-so-passionate-i-have-to-give-it-my-all-every-time-i/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [No tears to damn you when jealousy burns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/no-tears-to-damn-you-when-jealousy-burns/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [And we have come so far like that. I mean, the advances on the medication side have been enormous, and the advances on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/and-we-have-come-so-far-like-that-i-mean-the-advances-on-the/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/mars-ain-t-the-kind-of-place-to-raise-your-kids-in-fact-it-s-cold-as/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-love-the-idea-of-the-teachings-of-jesus-christ-and-the-beautiful/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-m-not-bored-with-my-life-i-m-not-just-making-the-records-and/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-love-places-that-have-an-incredible-history-i-love-the-italian-way/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-used-to-get-my-money-at-the-end-of-the-week-buy-my-mum-something-or/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [We have a society where every hit maker and TV presenter is gay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/we-have-a-society-where-every-hit-maker-and-tv-presenter-is-gay/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [I'm very relaxed. I'm very happy with my personal life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-m-very-relaxed-i-m-very-happy-with-my-personal-life/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [You can beat her, but don't mistreat her. Oh, don't believe that woman please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/you-can-beat-her-but-don-t-mistreat-her-oh-don-t-believe-that-woman/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/the-backstreet-boys-can-sing-their-asses-off-i-m-not-so-sure-about/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-grew-up-at-my-grandmother-s-house-and-she-had-a-beautiful-garden-i/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [ 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,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/he-ryan-white-had-a-kind-of-angelic-aura-about-him-and-his-family-too/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) > [Welcome to the world of bullshit, my dear. You have arrived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/welcome-to-the-world-of-bullshit-my-dear-you-have-arrived/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/elton-john/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Elton John", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elton John" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only-learn-that-the-twisting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/elton-john-849_ifs_there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only_1806653.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/elton-john-849_ifs_there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only_1806653.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/elton-john-849_ifs_there-s-a-time-for-everyone-if-they-only_1806653.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.” — Elton John", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't whistle at you down the street. 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