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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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Sir Elton Hercules John
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Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving.
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Simon Cowell and I are great friends and we wind each other up. Rod Stewart and I do the same thing.
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I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
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I'd walk a million miles to give her what she needs. But she would walk a million more to do what she believes.
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You and your oven are capable of great things,Remember, no two ovens are the same.
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Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me
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It was also great to have the Backstreet Boys appear on stage with me because I have gotten to know them all a little bit just recently, and not only are they great performers, but they also very hard working professionals and really nice guys.
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Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.
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The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.
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Getting paid for being laid, guess that's the name of the game.
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What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.
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I'm the Connie Francis of rock 'n' roll.
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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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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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