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I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love.

Elton John

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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