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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

Topics: Agreed Anyway Because Change English Fond Kind Name Too Very Wait

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And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

~Elton John

Topics: Along Get Going Guarantee Hiv Next No Guarantee Successful Take Triple Whatever You

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The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

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Topics: Child Happen Many Seen Silver Silver Spoon Spoon Thing Times Worst Worst Thing You

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I love the idea of the teachings of Jesus Christ and the beautiful stories about it, which I loved in Sunday school and I collected all the little stickers and put them in my book. But the reality is that organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.

~Elton John

Topics: About Beautiful Book Christ Collected Compassionate Hateful Idea Jesus Jesus Christ Little Love Loved Organised People Put Reality Really Religion School Seem Stories Sunday Sunday School Teachings Them Turns Which Work I Love

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I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens. I can not bear gardening, but I love gardens.

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Topics: Bear Beautiful Gardening Gardens Loathe Love Two I Love I Can

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I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied.

~Elton John

Topics: Anybody Being Bullied Bully Days Ever Going Large Mixed Pick Quite Remember School Small Someone Those Who You

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I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.

~Elton John

Topics: Because Changed First First Time Get Give Go Going Gone Got Just Know Look Lyrics Minutes Never Next Piano Put Studio Them Thrill Time Up Within

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The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

~Elton John

Topics: About Bedtime Children Drop Everywhere Father Going Great Great Thing Him Just Just Be Off Pick Portable Reads School Small Small Children Story Take Them Thing Up Want Who

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I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away and semi-studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music but sort of half-heartedly.

~Elton John

Topics: Academy Anything Anything Else Away Banging Classical Classical Music Else Ever Heard Jerry Just Lee Lewis Little Music Richard Royal Sort Started Want

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I grew up at my grandmother's house, and she had a beautiful garden. I used to hate mowing the lawn and weeding, which is what you do when you're a kid. I loathe gardening, but I love gardens, and I have two beautiful gardens.

~Elton John

Topics: Beautiful Garden Gardening Gardens Grandmother Grew Had Hate House Kid Lawn Loathe Love She Two Up Used Which You I Love

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: March 25th, 1947

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