--- title: "19 Knows Quotes By Elton John" description: "19 Knows quotes by Elton John. Plus more from Elton John and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/elton-john-849_balance_i-had-no-balance-in-my-life-i-was-this-o_2279128.png" --- > [I had no balance in my life. I was this one person onstage and this person offstage, who really didn't know much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-had-no-balance-in-my-life-i-was-this-one-person-onstage-and-this/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/elton-john-849_balance_i-had-no-balance-in-my-life-i-was-this-o_2279128.png) > [She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/she-s-got-electric-boots-a-mohair-suit-you-know-i-read-it-in-a/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2e/elton-john-849_art_she-s-got-electric-boots-a-mohair-suit-y_1995826.png) > [It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road; you never know when you'll be invited to something really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/it-s-very-important-to-have-two-tiaras-when-you-re-on-the-road-you/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/elton-john-849_fashion_it-s-very-important-to-have-two-tiaras-w_184439.png) > [I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It's nice out here, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-just-wish-more-of-my-fellow-queers-would-come-out-sometimes-it-s/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a08/elton-john-849_fellows_i-just-wish-more-of-my-fellow-queers-wou_937179.png) > [Don't you know I”m still standing better than I ever did. Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/don-t-you-know-i-m-still-standing-better-than-i-ever-did-looking-like/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/elton-john-849_feelings_don-t-you-know-i-m-still-standing-better_3059424.png) > [ I didn't really know what I was until I came to America and I had sex \[for the first time\] in San… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-didn-t-really-know-what-i-was-until-i-came-to-america-and-i-had-sex/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/elton-john-849_america_i-didn-t-really-know-what-i-was-until-i_1597401.png) > [It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/it-was-also-great-to-have-the-backstreet-boys-appear-on-stage-with-me/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/053/elton-john-849_backstreet_it-was-also-great-to-have-the-backstreet_412951.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've always enjoyed and loved playing live. I relish and cherish it more than anything else because you never know what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-ve-always-enjoyed-and-loved-playing-live-i-relish-and-cherish-it/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/elton-john-849_cherish_i-ve-always-enjoyed-and-loved-playing-li_563316.png) > [ And these \[pharmaceutical\] companies are still threatening to sue. And it's like, you know, do you not have a conscience? Do you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/and-these-pharmaceutical-companies-are-still-threatening-to-sue-and/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b65/elton-john-849_better-place_and-these-pharmaceutical-companies-are-s_3151396.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-wasn-t-involved-in-anything-i-wasn-t-out-you-know-i-know-i-wasn-t/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/elton-john-849_absorption_i-wasn-t-involved-in-anything-i-wasn-t-o_1251807.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/you-know-it-s-a-very-treatable-disease-you-shouldn-t-feel-ashamed-but/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/255/elton-john-849_affected_you-know-it-s-a-very-treatable-disease-y_2192464.png) > [Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain and I can see Daniel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/daniel-is-traveling-tonight-on-a-plane-i-can-see-the-red-tail-lights/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/elton-john-849_best-place_daniel-is-traveling-tonight-on-a-plane-i_2934248.jpg) > [Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/onstage-it-was-always-comfortable-for-me-because-that-s-where-i-felt-2/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/elton-john-849_addiction_onstage-it-was-always-comfortable-for-me_2615669.png) > [I can't talk about - as eloquently as everyone else about a prevention or medicine or, you know, funding, but I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-can-t-talk-about-as-eloquently-as-everyone-else-about-a-prevention/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/elton-john-849_aids_i-can-t-talk-about-as-eloquently-as-ever_1776076.jpg) > [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) > [I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-ve-got-to-think-about-what-i-m-going-to-say-very-carefully-there-s/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/elton-john-849_art_i-ve-got-to-think-about-what-i-m-going-t_3054638.jpg) > [You don't know being a performer what kind of performance you're going to give. You know you can give a certain quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/you-don-t-know-being-a-performer-what-kind-of-performance-you-re/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c19/elton-john-849_balance_you-don-t-know-being-a-performer-what-ki_756981.png) > [I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elton-john/i-think-religion-has-always-tried-to-turn-hatred-towards-gay-people/) [Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elton-john/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/elton-john-849_and-love_i-think-religion-has-always-tried-to-tur_792541.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/elton-john/#itemlist", "name": "19 Knows Quotes By Elton John", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had no balance in my life. 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