I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.

To forgive and be forgiven, if it's the last thing I do, then in death's release I may find the peace that in life I never knew.

People with HIV are still stigmatized. The infection rates are going up. People are dying. The political response is appalling. The sadness of it, the waste.

I was incredibly confident on stage because that's where I loved to be. But offstage, there was no balance. I was a little shy kid that went onstage. And I always said, cocaine was the drug that made me open up. I could talk to people. But then it became the drug that closed me down. So it started out by making me talk to everyone, and then ended up by me isolating myself alone with it; which is the end of the world, really.

I really don't need the public's money. I'd like to have something on the internet with charitable donation optional, where anyone can download my music for free.

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.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.