530 Quotes by Elton John

"Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage and unfortunately, my shyness and my inability to communicate and really have great conversations or be part of the gang - in inverted commas - led me to the drug addiction, which, you know, blighted my life for 16 years because I thought by doing that it would make me join in."

"I know that the club is still facing financial difficulties, but I am confident Watford will come through. The key is that the ground must be owned by the club."

"I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money."

"I had progressed as a performer, but I hadn't progressed as a human being."

"I'm just glad we can do a little something for those people's lives that will never be the same again for many, many years."

"Better to build a bridge than a wall."

"I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. I always felt like an outsider."

"Johnny, can't you come out to play in your empty garden?"

"I'm very shocked and I hope it's not as bad as it sounds. I'm a friend of Pete's. I love Pete, and my thoughts are with him."

"I think that's the graveyard of musicians, playing cabaret. I think I'd rather be dead than work in cabaret. It's just so depressing."