Elton John Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• 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.

  Elton John

  Writing, Mean, Law

• It's so easy to write songs about misery and hard times and sadness. It's much more difficult to write songs about happy and chirpy stuff.

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Sadness

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

• If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Keys

  "When Elton met Jake". Interview with Jake Shears, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2006.

• I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Player

  "A star is reborn". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2004.

• That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.

  Elton John

  Writing, Artist, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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 [Lady] Gaga or I was on All of the Lights, which was a Kanye West record that managed to get on the radio.

  Elton John

  Song, Writing, Light

  "Elton John confirms film project based on his life" by Matthew Taylor, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2012.

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

  Elton John

  Writing, Piano, Can Do

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I don't have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock'n'roll, I don't have a portable phone. I write things down.

  Elton John

  Writing, Phones, Rocks

  "A Q&A With Elton John". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. November 16, 2004.

• People say, "You should write lyrics" and I say I'm quite happy not to, because I like being part of that process where you write your version of what someone else's lyrics are saying to you, and that enjoyment has never changed.

  Elton John

  Writing, People, Never Change

  "A Q&A With Elton John". Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. November 16, 2004.

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