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That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.
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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I didn't have sex until I was 23 and that was with a man. I made up for lost time after that in a hurry. I wish I could have had sex when I was, like, 14, 15 or 16 because that's such an exciting age to have sex.
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I'm cold as a razor blade, inches from madness.
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If there's a God in heaven, what's he waiting for? If He can't hear the children, then he must see the war.
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We have a society where every hit maker and TV presenter is gay.
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I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
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