#us

I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it. ↗

— Elton John

#end #get #i #money #mum

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

— Elton John

#been #genuinely #i #just #kid

I'm very generous. ↗

— Elton John

#i #very

I've got to do something to make up for all those self-absorbed and selfish years when I just, you know, was taking drugs, sitting in my room, doing bad things, whatever. ↗

— Elton John

#doing #got #i #just #know

I've had an amazing professional life, personal life, but at 64 to have a son who gives us that much love and enjoyment is, wow! ↗

— Elton John

#enjoyment #gives #had #i #life

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good. ↗

— Elton John

#because #emotion #ever #everything #go

Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. ↗

— Elton John

#jesus #loving #us #wanted

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too. ↗

— Elton John

#being #blessed #business #family #friends

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

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough. ↗

— Elton John

#because #choose #dwight #enough #going