As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

You should never take more than you give

Holy Moses, let us live in peace. Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease. There's a man over there, what's his colour I don't care, he's my brother, let us live in peace.

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

I became successful and within five years conquered the world and had the most amazing run. I had so much momentum and adrenaline going, but then it ends and you have to find what level you're going to be on, how enthusiastic you're going to be.

I don't think you can recreate anything from the past. You can not do it. If you're going to go out and imitate a Motown sound, you can't do it, it's impossible because of the studios and players involved and the atmosphere.

I was sitting in the classroom trying to look intelligent in case the teacher looked at me.