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I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
Composer
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Guitarist
Hiv Activist
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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In the '50s you weren't taught about sex whatsoever. It was never just talked about. People used to snoop behind their curtains and look at the neighbors. And if a girl became pregnant in your part of the world, she was shipped off to the countryside.
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To fight the violence we must be brave, hold on strong to the love God gave.
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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 love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.
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I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.
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I had a little Richard and that black piano, oh that sweet Georgia Peach, and the boy form Tupelo.
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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 what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.
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It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.
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