Elton John Quotes About Addiction

Quotes about: Addiction

• Love's like a junkie, addiction's a fact. Passion's a monkey, you can't keep off your back.

  Elton John

  Love, Passion, Addiction

  Song: Sleeping With The Past, Album: Sleeping With The Past, 1989

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

  Elton John

  Addiction, Drug, Drug Addiction

• The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted to working.

  Elton John

  Clothes, Addiction, Drug

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 1, 2014.

• Onstage it was always comfortable for me because that's where I felt at home. Offstage it was a different situation. I was still shy offstage and unfortunately, my shyness and my inability to communicate and really have great conversations or be part of the gang - in inverted commas - led me to the drug addiction, which, you know, blighted my life for 16 years because I thought by doing that it would make me join in.

  Elton John

  Home, Years, Addiction

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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