Elton: (on Prime Minister John Howard's views on gay marriage) Up Yours!
Elton: I have a new management team. I have my own office now. I kind of run my own affairs.
Elton: I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.
Elton: I always liked spending my money, even when I was a kid, when I had a paper round - or paper route, as they call it over here.
Elton: But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.
Elton: 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: And that wasn't a problem coming out of the closet at all. My parents accepted it. I had, you know, I was very lucky in that respect.
Elton: And if you're a journalist, surely the thing that you should be writing is the truth, or at least checking your facts.
Elton: And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.
Elton: 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: 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: An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.
Sir Elton John has filed a legal action in the US state of Georgia claiming tax authorities overvalued his penthouse in Atlanta. The property has been valued at $6.3 million.
Elton was ranked #16 in Forbes Top 100 Celebrities.
Elton came up with the name Elton John from “Soft Machine's” saxophone player Elton Dean.
Elton suffers from epilepsy.
Elton is a co owner of the restaurant “Le Dome” in Hollywood.
Elton is the godfather to John Lennon’s son Sean.
Elton wrote a song in tribute to John Lennon titled “Empty Garden”.
Elton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Elton donates all his proceeds from the sale of his singles to what is known know as the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
Elton legally changed his name to Elton Hercules John in 1973.
Elton was Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. She felt his contribution to music and the amount of fund raising he did for AIDS made him worthy of the honor.
Elton was married to Renate Blauel on February 14, 1984 and they divorced in 1987.
Elton was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight but changed his name for stage purposes.
Elton did an episode of “American Idol” in 2004 appearing as himself.
Elton has done several theatrical performances under different names. He is also known as Elton John CBE or Sir Elton John
Elton's video for "I Want Love" was voted the 88th greatest music video of all time in a Channel 4 (UK) poll.
Elton played the piano and sang the song "Stan" with Eminem at the Grammys.
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