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I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

Elton John

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
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Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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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. I find it ridiculous in this day and age, that that would happen. And it took President Clinton to go to rogue pharmaceutical companies to copy the antiretroviral drugs for a fraction of the cost.
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I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
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I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.
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And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.
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When stars collide, like you and I, no shadow blocks the sun - The One
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People say, You should write lyrics and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else's lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.
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It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all a little bit just recently, and not only are they great performers, but they also very hard working professionals and really nice guys.
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Nothing should be an issue when it comes to sexuality in the first place. Music is the one artform where people feel comfortable coming out.
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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 still standing after all this time.
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I'm going to fight for human rights, whether I do it silently behind the scenes or vocally so that I get locked up. I can't just sit back it's not in my nature. I can't sit back and blindly ignore it, and I won't.
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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 formal.
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Your eyes have died, but you see more than I.
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What a scandal, if I die. Yeah, I'm gonna kill myself, get a little headline news.
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Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist.
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I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.
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A great editor is the most valuable thing you can have as an artist because, as you said, sometimes you get too close to something. I think, apart from your talent, that's why you have the career you have - because you have great people behind you.
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What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.
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Sometimes when I’m flying over the Alps I think, 'that’s like all the cocaine I sniffed.'
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I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
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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 then and you should do something about it.
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