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.

I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.

We were both very much the same. We were both very impulsive. We both loved life. We both loved shopping. We both had a love of clothes, obviously, because he was the designer that I kind of wore forever and ever.

Yeah. I have been with David Furnish for eight years, now.

I was more ashamed that I couldn't work the washing machine than the fact that I was taking drugs.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

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.

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

I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.

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.

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.

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

Who really needs a new album from me?

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

I'm a very wealthy man.

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

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.

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.

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

I'm very generous.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

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.

There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats.

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

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.

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.

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

But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.

I've got a great collection of photography.

As Elton John, my days on pop radio are over, and I know that and I accept it and I'm not unhappy about it.

As a child, as a teenager, I was kind of not allowed to wear fashionable clothes.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

Everything I thought I'd hate about having children - the crying, the screaming - nothing fazes me. I love it all, and it's relaxed me.

Fame attracts lunatics.

For me, music is so passionate, I have to give it my all every time I go onstage. Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home.

I am such a Luddite when it comes to making music. All I can do is write at the piano.

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.

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.

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 grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.

I have no one to leave the money to. I'm a single man. I like spending my money.