I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

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.

It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road. You never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.

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.

I think religion has always tried to turn hatred towards gay people. Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays. But there are so many Christian people I know who are gay and love their religion...

My mum always used to buy a record every Friday.

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.