Early risers catch the world waking and see its true colors.

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.

Read books, discover the blues and don't Tweet.

Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.

One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.

My Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.

My favorite thing is coming up with titles. The majority of the songs I've every written I've always thought of the title before I've written the song.

The worst thing about me is that I'll buy albums and put them away on the shelf and forget that I've got them.

'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening.

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

If itWere lighter touchThan petal of flower restingOn grass, oh still too heavy it were, Too heavy!

In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.

Our children are being raised by appliances.

If God is all powerful, can He make a stone so big that He Himself can't lift it?

Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs.

Look deep inside, and when you locate the sadness, give it a vacation, and focus on the simple things.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film.

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.