I've met Nicole Kidman, Elton John, loads of people.
Quotes about elton (16 Quotes)
We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
Long may Elton John continue to be a foul mouthed voice in the wilderness, ranting against the pomposity of pop and entertaining us all into the bargain.
I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.
On staying the night at Elton John's It was adorable. He had all these porcelain kitty-cats everywhere. We woke up and had breakfast together in robes and everything. It was so cute.
Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool onstage, they just keep their heads down. There has never been a cool keyboard player, apart from Elton John.
Sting also agreed quickly to participate in the album, and was the first one to complete his track. No matter how busy you are, when Elton asked me to do something, I said, 'Drop everything, I'll do it for my friend,' ... Because I respect him and love him greatly.
I told the guys in training camp, We're a good team, ... We've got a nice bench and we've got a nice starting combo when we're all on the court -- Sam, myself, Corey, Elton, Chris Kaman -- that's a nice squad right there. If we just keep playing together like we've been doing, we'll be fine.
Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage!
Elton has always played consistently, but now we're winning basketball games and people are finally taking notice.
I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney.
Elton has received ongoing advice from specialists in Melbourne and Brisbane in recent times, and the most important thing is that he has not suffered any long-term or permanent injury.
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.
Elton wanted a garden. They were building all afternoon while we were rehearsing. And then they built a fountain for Elton. And he said, I was only joking!