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I can't think of anything until I've got printed words in front of me. I never wake up in the middle of the night with a song in my head.

Elton John

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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
Composer
Film Actor
Guitarist
Hiv Activist
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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Anything
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In my 20s I was so ignorant about drugs, and so naive. I mean, my band was smoking marijuana for years I didn't even know what a joint was. And I'd never seen a line of cocaine in my life. And I don't know whether it was bravado or - OK, I'll join in. But my stupidity, I had a line of coke, and that started the whole process.
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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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Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.
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