English - Musician | March 25, 1947 -
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
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I'd always lived with people - my family, or had people living with me, because I'd never liked being on my own.
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I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.
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It's just so wonderful to have someone in the house like a child to turn your attention to. It's not about you anymore, it's about this lovely little human being.
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When I say I don't have to write pop songs anymore, there's no way I'm going to get on the radio at 60 years of age unless I'm doing a duet with Gaga or I was on 'All of the Lights,' which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.
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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.
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I'm a great lover of children. I never thought that one day I'd actually be a father, but I'm very pleased that I changed my mind. Children are extremely important. They are the future of the world.
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My mum always used to buy a record every Friday.
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I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.
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When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.
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I am the biggest technophobe of all time.
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I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.
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