March 25: Happy Birthday, Elton John
Happy Birthday to Elton John, born on March 25.
Elton John, singer, pianist, and composer (March 25, 1947–present)
“I’ve never lost the desire to hear new music.” —Elton John
Bassett, Jordan. “Elton John: ‘I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past.’” NME, October 22, 2021, https://www.nme.com/big-reads/elton-john-cover-interview-2021-the-lockdown-sessions-3075718.
“You’ve got countries that don’t accept gay people or gay values whatsoever, so we have an awful lot of work to do.” —Elton John
Bassett, Jordan. “Elton John: ‘I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past.’” NME, October 22, 2021, https://www.nme.com/big-reads/elton-john-cover-interview-2021-the-lockdown-sessions-3075718.
“When I went, I said, ‘I will never stop coming to Russia. People say I shouldn’t go because of the homophobia there but if I stop going, all the gay people would think I’d abandoned them.’ And I didn’t want to abandon them.” —Elton John
Bassett, Jordan. “Elton John: ‘I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past.’” NME, October 22, 2021, https://www.nme.com/big-reads/elton-john-cover-interview-2021-the-lockdown-sessions-3075718.
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