A couple of sounds that I really like are the sounds of a switchblade and a motor bike. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to smash a guitar over someone's head. You just can't do that with a piano. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the… — Elton John Copy Share Image
If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything until I've got printed words in front of me. I never wake up in the middle of… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I am so in the past. I'm such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I saw you dancing out the ocean Running fast along the sand A spirit born of earth and water Fire flying from… — Elton John Copy Share Image
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… — Elton John Copy Share Image
When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and… — Elton John Copy Share Image
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… — Elton John Copy Share Image
People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process… — Elton John Copy Share Image
If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing… — Elton John Copy Share Image
It turned out so well because it was the first album that I could identify with in terms of lyrics. ("Captain Fantastic")… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I had a little Richard and that black piano, oh that sweet Georgia Peach, and the boy form Tupelo. — Elton John Copy Share Image
I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now. — Elton John Copy Share Image
Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody. — Elton John Copy Share Image
What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together. — Elton John Copy Share Image
It's so easy to write songs about misery and hard times and sadness. It's much more difficult to write songs about happy… — Elton John Copy Share Image
At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I've reached the stage of my life where learning is so important to me. I go through the past enough when I… — 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
![“When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with [Lady] Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.” quote by Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/da4/elton-john-849_age_when-i-say-i-don-t-have-to-write-pop-son_1374462.jpg)
![“I just sit there and make up songs and sing to [my son] in gibberish. I'm very good at gibberish now.” quote by Elton John](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bfc/elton-john-849_best-father_i-just-sit-there-and-make-up-songs-and-s_329571.jpg)
