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Better to build a bridge than a wall.

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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Better
Bridge
Bridges
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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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Well, I quit those days and my redneck ways.
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I had to learn how to function as a human being. And I really enjoyed that process.
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My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care.
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Basically, I wanted redemption for the way I lived my life beforehand, and that was the drugs, the drink, the loose sex, whatever.
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I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.
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And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.
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I've been following him since Space Oddity. And I've followed him from all those albums that didn't sell, like The Man Who Sold The World and things like that. Above all, apart from all the glamorous rubbish, the music's there. Ziggy Stardust is a classic album.
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I am totally against the war but violence is part of mankind and it's going to happen, but as musicians I think we've got to step up and say 'come on'.
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Don't let the sun go down on me.
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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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You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.
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I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that I put into words, how wonderful life is, now you're in the world.
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I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.
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Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist.
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I really appreciate my performing so much better, as I get older. I don't take it for granted anymore. I really relish it and love it.
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