#ay

Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers. ↗

— Elton John

#craft #did #hard #hard work #learn

I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians. ↗

— Elton John

#food #history #i #i love #incredible

And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name. ↗

— Elton John

#anyway #because #change #english #fond

And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened. ↗

— Elton John

#doctor #frightened #frustrated #i #just

And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening. ↗

— Elton John

#as far as #big #britain #catching #country

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties. ↗

— Elton John

#got #i #i do #income #live

I don't have to compete in the charts. I can just be myself as a musician, a songwriter and play with the musicians that I really love. ↗

— Elton John

#compete #i #i can #just #just be

I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid. ↗

— Elton John

#been #genuinely #i #just #kid

The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards. ↗

— Elton John

#anywhere #backwards #fly #flying #forwards

There's no pressure for me to go out there and say, I've got to have a top 40 hit because it's not going to happen. ↗

— Elton John

#go #going #got #happen #hit