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Sir Elton Hercules John, né Reginald Kenneth Dwight le 25 mars 1947 à Pinner, dans le Grand Londres,, est un chanteur, pianiste et compositeur britannique.

En plus de cinquante ans de carrière, Elton John a vendu plus de 300 millions de disques,. En 1993, il bat le record d'Elvis Presley en installant un nouveau single au top 40 US pour la 24e année consécutive .

En 1997, sa chanson Candle in the wind devient le single le plus vendu depuis la création des hit-parades, avec 33 millions d'exemplaires écoulés. En 2008, il est classé comme l'artiste solo masculin ayant eu le plus de succès dans le classement du magazine Billboard depuis sa création : Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists avec 56 singles inscrits au Top 40, 27 au Top 10, quatre no 2, et neuf no 1. Il s'est produit plus de 4000 fois en concert dans un total de plus de 80 pays.

✵ 25. mars 1947  •  Autres noms Elton Hercules John, Sir Elton John
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Elton John: 80 citations0 J'aime

Elton John: Citations en anglais

“Spare your heart, save your soul.
Don't drag your love across the coals.
Find your feet and your fortune can be told.
Release, relax, let go,
And hey now let's recover your soul.”

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Recover Your Soul
Song lyrics, The Big Picture (1997)

“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.”

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Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Song lyrics, Reg Strikes Back (1988)

“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.”

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Sad Songs
Song lyrics, Breaking Hearts (1984)

“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.”

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Tiny Dancer
Song lyrics, Madman Across the Water (1971)

“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.”

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Sacrifice
Song lyrics, Sleeping with the Past (1989)

“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.”

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Sixty things for Sir Elton's 60th (2007)

“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.”

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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)

“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.”

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Restless
Song lyrics, Breaking Hearts (1984)

“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.”

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I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and Davey Johnstone
Song lyrics, Too Low for Zero (1983)

“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.”

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Your Song
Song lyrics, Elton John (1970)

“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.”

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I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That
Song lyrics, Reg Strikes Back (1988)

“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.”

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Simple Life
Song lyrics, The One (1992)

“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.”

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Philadelphia Freedom (1975)
Song lyrics, Singles

“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.”

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Believe
Song lyrics, Made in England (1995)

“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.”

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The Last Song
Song lyrics, The One (1992)

“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.”

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Take Me to the Pilot
Song lyrics, Elton John (1970)

“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.”

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Island Girl
Song lyrics, Rock of the Westies (1975)

“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.”

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Candle in the Wind
Song lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)

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

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The One
Song lyrics, The One (1992)

“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.”

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Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Song lyrics, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

“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.”

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Crocodile Rock
Song lyrics, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)

“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.”

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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Song lyrics, Blue Moves (1976)

“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.”

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Amoreena
Song lyrics, Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

“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.”

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Border Song
Song lyrics, Elton John (1970)

“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.”

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Son of Your Father
Song lyrics, Tumbleweed Connection (1970)

“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.”

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Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Song lyrics, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)

“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.”

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Candle in the Wind 1997, written in tribute upon the death of Diana (1997)
Song lyrics, Singles

“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.”

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Rocket Man
Song lyrics, Honky Château (1972)

“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.”

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Crocodile Rock
Song lyrics, Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player (1973)

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

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Sixty things for Sir Elton's 60th (2007)

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