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Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day. -- Barry White
Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard. -- Noel Gallagher
As much as I love heavy riffs, I like The Eagles, Neil Young, Elton John, Crowded House. -- Zakk Wylde
Bruce Springsteen's a rock star. Elton John is a rock star. I'm a folk musician. Honestly, I think that's true. -- James Taylor
When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper. -- CeeLo Green
Sometimes it's good to do something that you've never done before, so yesterday, I went out to buy Elton John's new album. -- Arthur Smith
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My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury. -- Brandi Carlile
I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff. -- Hailee Steinfeld
Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase. -- Robbie Williams
I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. -- Glenn Frey
I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing. -- Cristina Saralegui
If it weren't for Liberace, there would be no Madonna or Lady Gaga, Elton John, Bette Midler, or Elvis because it was Liberace who helped the King glitz up his act. -- Robin Leach
It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism. -- Jon Landau
I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John. -- Noel Gallagher
Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase. -- Robbie Williams
GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together. -- Steven Adler
Liberace was a miracle. You talk about who he was and what he did, and then you look at who he inspired, from Elton John to Cher to Michael Jackson to Bette Midler. There are so many people that came to see him. Elvis was there, watching his shows. -- Scott Bakula
We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it. -- Rick Wright
I've always wanted to marry Elton John. -- Barry Manilow
I don't blame individuals, Elton, I blame myself -- Joe Royle
I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people. -- Allen Carr
I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people. -- Allen Carr
Elton John said to me, "I have all the negatives." -- Jon Bon Jovi
My big influences are piano artists like Billy Joel and Elton John. -- Kyle Dunnigan
If Elton John and Madonna had a baby it would be Lady Gaga. -- Jon Bon Jovi
Liberace was Elton John and Lady Gaga before they even dreamed of it. -- Jerry Weintraub
Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft. -- Bernie Taupin
I'm a big fan of piano-based rock music like Elton John, Ben Folds, and even Queen. -- Ian Axel
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder. -- Jon Secada
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder. -- Gloria Estefan
Actually, the reason I look like this is because my father was from Sweden and my mother was Elton John. -- Jim Gaffigan
Freddie Mercury and Elton John are, like, two of the biggest Influences in my whole life. And probably always will be. -- Axl Rose
Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him. -- Jane Austen
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great. -- Marlee Matlin
You know who sang at Rush Limbaugh's wedding? Elton John! According to Rush, gay people can sing at weddings. Just not their own. -- Craig Ferguson
I got to know Elton John's older music by learning to like his newer stuff. 'The Lion King?' That's what I like. -- Aaron Schock
I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor. -- Moby
Bring me the head of Elton John . . . which is one instance in which meat would not be murder, if it were served on a plate. -- Steven Morrissey
I wish Elton Brand the best. He's a great guy. He's always going to be a great friend of mine, regardless of what goes on. -- Baron Davis
I grew up with 'best-of' cassettes. My first Smiths record was 'Hatful Of Hollow,' and I had hits albums by Elton John and The Cars. -- Brandon Flowers
I remember Elton John used to be their owner and he is my favourite singer! I hope the match will be an opportunity to meet Elton John! -- Carlo Ancelotti
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John. -- Dave Mustaine
My favorite Elton John song is "Daniel"; my son is named Daniel and he's partly named after my wife's father, but also partly named after that song. -- Steven Drozd
Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking! -- Maurice Gibb
A lot of the players I'm with, thank God, we're all still vertical. We've lost so many great players through the years, and we're still standing, as Elton John says. -- Ringo Starr
What am I supposed to do if I go bald? Get a wig? Fat, goofy, gay, wig. I might as well get a piano and start an Elton John tribute act! -- Alan Carr
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I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing." And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys. -- Mac DeMarco
The collaboration wish list is huge, very long. It goes from people like Elton John, for whom I have an unbelievable amount of respect, to Snoop Dogg, whom I also respect a great deal. -- Dave Koz
I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models. -- Brandi Carlile
The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless. -- Jon Landau
Rod Stewart, Elton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose & Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words! -- Freddie Mercury
I've always loved Elton John and that is one of my favorite songs by him and Bernie (Taupin). The American songbook is ever-expanding and I feel like it works well with what I was trying to say. -- Cheyenne Jackson
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Elton John himself never seems pretentious but Bernie Taupin's lyrics often do - sometimes pretentious in a clever sort of way, but pretentious nonetheless. There is a conflict between Elton's and Bernie's personal styles, no doubt about it. -- Jon Landau
Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage! -- Jerry Hall
You know, we recently played a benefit with my husband, Elvis Costello, and Sir Elton John, who is a mutual friend of ours. Playing with Elvis and Elton and accompanying them with my band was a pretty euphoric experience. -- Diana Krall
One of the most memorable live performances of my career took place on the 2002 American Music Awards show when I had to the opportunity to sing with Elton John. I was moved by the way he played the piano onstage. -- Tim McGraw
One month I'll be completely obsessed with Bob Dylan and the next Arcade Fire. I like early Elton John and David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. I listen to a lot of American bands. But I like listening to new bands, too. -- Tom Odell
There are many artists I would like to have the honour to cooperate with. To accompany Barbara Streisand or Paul McCartney or Elton John would be a dream for me as I have a lot of admiration for their voice, their talent and their charisma. -- Richard Clayderman
I always wear roller skates when I ride my bicycle. The more wheels the better, and that's what makes me a better lover. You know you want to go for a spin. I'll bring the record player, if you bring 1982 and her little sister, Elton John. -- Jarod Kintz
GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New York rock, Slash loved Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, Axl was into Genesis and Elton John, and Duff was a punk rocker. We all blended that stuff together." -- Steven Adler
As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight,' the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on to make a lasting contribution to rock. -- Jon Landau
I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thinking I could sing pop in English as well as Spanish. -- Gloria Estefan
It depends who they are. If it's Mick (Jagger) or the Old Guard as I call them, yeah, they're the Old Guard. Elton (John), David (Bowie) are the newies. I don't feel like an old uncle, dear, 'cause I'm not that much older than half of 'em, hehe. -- John Lennon
I have lots of records, quite a collection, actually, that I stole from my mom. I have the original 'Thriller' album and I have a really great 'Elton John's Greatest Hits,' and I also have a N.E.R.D. album. Records sound more original. They have more edge. -- Elisha Cuthbert
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. -- Elton John
I've dodged so many bullets. Not just because of unsafe sex, but because of the amount of drugs I did, the amount of alcohol, the amount of work I was doing. I started the Elton John AIDS Foundation because I got so lucky. -- Elton John
When I left home, [I] became Elton John success, and then it became Elton John excess. Everything I couldn't do when I was younger, I did 10 times over. I was having the time of my life. I was becoming the person I wanted to be. -- Elton John
I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period. -- Illeana Douglas
I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. -- Ron Ben-Israel
Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. -- Jon Landau
I have been influenced by many different artists at many different stages of my life. Starting out, it was people like Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds, and Fiona Apple. As I got older I got deeper into the work of bands like the Beatles, artists like Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Etta James, and Joni Mitchell. -- Sara Bareilles
I've become a workaholic. When the shows slow down and there's no press and I can get my time to myself in the studio with my music, I get into this zone, man. I enter this incredible space where I'm just making music. And I feel like I can work with anybody - with Elton John, with Hanson - and I can make something incredible. -- Wale
I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to write a sort of subversive, alternative ballad,' like Lou Reed does so well with 'Perfect Day.' And I really loved 'Video Games' - at the time, it hadn't really got as big, but it's a classic song; you can't deny it. -- Bat for Lashes
It was a free-for-all with music when I was growing up. My mother was a huge music fanatic so I was listening to everything from country to heavy metal to Indigo Girls to Elton John. I guess when I was really young I didn't like Willie Nelson, and she obviously loved him. Now I do too, I'm so thankful to her for playing his music nonstop. -- Tig Notaro

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