Элтон Джон цитаты
Элтон Джон
Дата рождения: 25. Март 1947
Другие имена:Elton Hercules John, Sir Elton John
Сэр Э́лтон Хе́ркьюлиз Джон — британский рок-певец, композитор и пианист. Рыцарь-бакалавр , кавалер ордена Британской империи . Оказал заметное влияние на развитие лёгкого рока. На протяжении своей 50-летней карьеры продал более 250 млн пластинок; 52 сингла Элтона Джона входили в британский Топ-40. Занимает 49-е место в списке величайших исполнителей по версии журнала Rolling Stone. Один из самых коммерчески успешных исполнителей 1970-х годов: семь его альбомов занимали первые места в Billboard 200, 23 сингла входили в американский Топ-40, 16 попадали в первую десятку и шесть поднимались на первое место. Один из них, «Candle in the Wind 1997» , разошёлся 37-миллионным тиражом.
За всю свою карьеру Элтон Джон продал в США и Великобритании больше альбомов, чем любой другой британский соло-исполнитель.
Элтон Джон известен также как общественный деятель, в частности, на поприще начатой им в конце 1980-х годов борьбы против эпидемии СПИДа. Элтон Джон, введённый в Зал славы рок-н-ролла в 1994 году, до сих пор остаётся одним из самых успешных рок-исполнителей Великобритании.
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Борис Борисович Гребенщиков35
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Хью Лори27
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Андрей Вадимович Макаревич18
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Энди Бирсак19
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Александр Николаевич Скрябин18
русский композитор и пианист
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов9
русский пианист, композитор и дирижёр
Вилле Вало71
финский музыкант, певец, композиторЦитаты Элтон Джон
„That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life.“
— Elton John
Context: That record she did with Peter Gabriel saved my life. That record helped me get sober. So she played a big part in my actual downfall and kind of "rebirth'" as it were. That record helped me so much. I never told her that, but it did.
On Kate's duet with Peter Gabriel on the song "Don’t Give Up", on his album So (1986)
„They're not "normal" songs. None of her songs have been "normal." She's just who she is, she's unique. She's — a mystery. She's the most beautiful mystery.“
— Elton John
Context: They're not "normal" songs. None of her songs have been "normal." She's just who she is, she's unique. She's — a mystery. She's the most beautiful mystery. … Let me tell you a story: when I had my civil partnership, nine years ago, in 2005, and Kate — we invited Kate, we didn't think she'd come but she came, she came with her husband Danny, and there were a lot of very famous people in that room, there were like 600 people — and all anybody wanted to meet was Kate Bush. I mean, musician, anybody — they couldn't believe Kate Bush was there. She's kind of an enigma.
„I never realised the passing hours of evening showers.
A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams,
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene.
Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen.
It's four o'clock in the morning,
Damn it listen to me good.
I'm sleeping with myself tonight,
Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive.“
— Elton John
Someone Saved My Life Tonight
„You may not believe it,
But I don't believe in miracles anymore.
And when I think about it,
I don't believe I ever did for sure.
All the things I've said in songs,
All the purple prose you bought from me.
Reality's just black and white.
The sentimental things I'd write
Never meant that much to me.“
— Elton John
This Train Don't Stop There Anymore
„The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff. Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision. It’s just a means to an end. We’re talking about things that are going to change the world and change the way people listen to music and that’s not going to happen with people blogging on the internet. I mean, get out there, communicate. Hopefully the next movement in music will tear down the internet. Let’s get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging. I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span. There’s too much technology available. I’m sure, as far as music goes, it would be much more interesting than it is today.“
— Elton John
Elton John, blaming the internet for destroying good music http://www.gigwise.com/news/35721/elton-john-wants-to-tear-down-the-internet (2 August 2007)
„They said get back honky cat,
Better get back to the woods.
Well I quit those days and my redneck ways.
And oh the change is gonna do me good.You better get back honky cat,
Living in the city ain't where it's at.
It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine.
It's like trying to drink whiskey from a bottle of wine.“
— Elton John
Honky Cat
„There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome.“
— Elton John
After performing with Eminem at the 2001 Grammy awards
