Elton John citáty

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„Nejhorší věc, kterou můžete udělat pro dítě, je dát mu všechno.“

„Žij pro každou sekundu, bez váhání.“

„Hudba má schopnost uzdravovat.“

„Jsem přesvědčen, že by bylo velmi zajímavým experimentem vypnout internet na pět let a pozorovat, jaké umění by vznikalo.“

„Děti jsou neskutečně důležité. Oni jsou budoucnost světa.“

„Ježíš chtěl, abychom se milovali a odpouštěli si. Nevím tedy, proč jsme takoví krutí.“

„Miluji každou minutu otcovství. Být celou noc vzhůru, vyměňovat plenky, zdá se mi to všechno opravdu zábavné a inspirující. Člověka to váže k světu zcela novým způsobem.“

„Nikdy bys neměl brát více, než dáváš.“

„Je to jako snažit se najít zlato ve stříbrné dole, jak pít whiskey z láhve vína.“

„Na světě je příliš mnoho technologie.“

„Lidé kvůli internetu už nechodí ven, netráví spolu čas, netvoří nové věci. Místo toho sedí doma a nahrávají své vlastní písně, což je někdy OK, ale z dlouhodobého hlediska to pro umění neznamená nic dobrého.“

„Myslím si, že Ježíš byl soucitný, super-inteligentní homosexuál, který chápal lidské problémy.“

„Sláva přitahuje blázny.“

„Nejlepší věc na rockenrolu je ta, že někdo jako já se může stát hvězdou.“

„Líbí se mi myšlenka Kristova učení a všechny ty nádherné příběhy. Ale realita je taková, že organizovaná náboženství, zdá se, nefungují. Lidi mění na nepřemýšlejíci tvory plných nenávisti.“

„Myslím, že všichni umělci se předvádějí, hlavně hudebníci. Aniž byste se předváděli si vás nikdo nevšimne.“

„Kritizování může někdy ublížit. Buďte ohleduplní. Jsem dobrý klavírista, vím dobře zpívat, píšu dobré písně. Pokud se vám to nelíbí, fajn. Ale dejte mi pokoj.“

„Šéfkuchaři nejsou celebrity: jsou to šéfkuchaři.“

„Vždy jsem se zajímal spíš o tu uměleckou stránku života.“

„Nemám nikoho, komu bych přenechal své peníze. Jsem sám a baví mě utrácet své peníze.“

„Moje máma byla konzervativní, já jsem byl také. Když jsem zjistil, co to znamená, rychle jsem změnil svůj názor. Jako děti jsme zvyklí napodobovat naše rodiče.“

„Nikdy bych nemohl vyjít na pódium v džínách.“

„Pokud existuje v Anglii lepší zpěvák než Craig David, já jsem pak Margaret Thatcher.“

„Nikdy jsem si o sobě nemyslel, že jsem hezký nebo pohledný nebo cokoli jiného. Vždy jsem se cítil jako outsider.“

„Říkám, jděte ven, bavte se.“

„Nestřílejte, jsem jen pianista!“

„Podívejte, rockovou hvězdou se může stát každý, když se na to dostatečně soustředí. To je právě na rock and rollu tak skvělé, že i člověk jako já se může stát hvězdou.“

“I used to think that New York City
Fell from grace with God.
And innocence abroad
Waged a war for the underdog.
When the snow falls
And Central Park looks like a Christmas card,
I just looked beyond the bagman
And the madness that makes this city hard.”

“Turn them on, turn them on,
Turn on those sad songs.
When all hope is gone,
Why don't you tune in and turn them on?They reach into your room,
Just feel their gentle touch.
When all hope is gone,
Sad songs say so much.”

“Blue jean baby, L. A. lady, seamstress for the band.
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man.
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand.
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand.”

“And it's no sacrifice,
Just a simple word.
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds.
But it's no sacrifice.
No sacrifice.
It's no sacrifice at all.”

“It's very important to have two tiaras when you're on the road, you never know when you'll be invited to something really formal.”

“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.”

“Well they're breaking down doors in foreign countries,
Everybody thinks somebody's hiding something.
There's talk on the street and the nation is worried.
But you can't talk back when you're dead, when you're dead and buried.”

“Don't wish it away,
Don't look at it like it's forever.
Between you and me I could honestly say
That things can only get better.And while I'm away,
Dust out the demons inside.
And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide.”

“And you can tell everybody, this is your song.
It may be quite simple but now that it's done,
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world.”

“Cause I don't wanna go on with you like that,
Don't wanna be a feather in your cap.
I just wanna tell you honey I ain't mad,
But I don't wanna go on with you like that.”

“And I won't break and I won't bend,
But someday soon we'll sail away
To innocence and the bitter end.
And I won't break and I won't bend,
And with the last breath we ever take
We're gonna get back to the simple life again.”

“Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom.
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag.
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man.
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had.Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you.
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind.
Shine a light, shine a light
Shine a light, won't you shine a light.
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do.”

“I believe in love, it's all we got.
Love has no boundaries, no borders to cross.
Love is simple, hate breeds.
Those who think difference is the child of disease.
Father and son make love and guns,
Families together kill someone.
Without love, I believe in love.”

“Cause I never thought I'd lose.
I only thought I'd win.
I never dreamed I'd feel
This fire beneath my skin.
I can't believe you love me.
I never thought you'd come.
I guess I misjudged love
Between a father and his son.”

“Through a glass eye your throne
Is the one danger zone.
Take me to the pilot for control;
Take me to the pilot of your soul.”

“Island girl,
What you wanting with the white man's world?
Island girl,
Black boy want you in his island world.
He want to take you from the racket boss,
He want to save you but the cause is lost.”

“And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind,
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in.
And I would have liked to have known you,
But I was just a kid.
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did.”

“In the instant that you love someone,
In the second that the hammer hits,
Reality runs up your spine,
And the pieces finally fit.”

“And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear.
You almost had your hooks in me, didn't you dear?
You nearly had me roped and tied,
Altar-bound, hypnotized.
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear,
You're a butterfly.
And butterflies are free to fly,
Fly away, high away, bye bye.”

“Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking,
When your feet just can't keep still.
I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will.”

“What have I got to do to make you love me?
What have I got to do to make you care?
What do I do when lightning strikes me
And I wake to find that you're not there?What do I do to make you want me?
What have I got to do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
And sorry seems to be the hardest word.”

“Lately I've been thinking how much I miss my lady.
Amoreena's in the cornfield brightening the daybreak,
Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours,
Rolling through the hay like a puppy child.”

“Holy Moses I have been deceived.
Now the wind has changed direction and I'll have to leave.
Won't you please excuse my frankness, but it's not my cup of tea.
Holy Moses I have been deceived.”

“You're the son of your father,
Try a little bit harder.
Do for me as he would do for you.
With blood and water bricks and mortar,
He built for you a home.
You're the son of your father,
So treat me as your own.”

“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.”

“Goodbye England's rose,
May you ever grow in our hearts.
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart.You called out to our country,
And you whispered to those in pain.
Now you belong to Heaven,
And the stars spell out your name.And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind,
Never fading with the sunset,
When the rain set in.”

“And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home.
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man.”

“I remember when rock was young,
Me and Suzie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones.
Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own.
But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock.
While the other kids were Rocking Round the Clock,
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock.”

“Sometimes when I'm flying over the Alps I think, 'that's like all the cocaine I sniffed.”