I just go into the studio, look at the lyrics for the first time when I put them on the piano, and go. If I haven't got it within 40 minutes, I give up. It's never changed, the thrill has never gone, because I don't know what I'm going to get next.
Interpretation
Creating art is a spontaneous process that should bring excitement and unpredictability.
Elton John's quote reflects the spontaneous nature of artistic creation, emphasizing the thrill of discovery that comes from engaging with music. He suggests that when composing, if he doesn't find inspiration quickly, he prefers to move on, valuing the excitement of the unknown in his creative process.
In practice
During a music workshop, this quote can inspire participants to embrace spontaneity in their creative process.
I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership. The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships.
I just wish more of my fellow queers would come out sometimes. It's nice out here, you know?
At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels.
I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.
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Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have.
When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is.
I'm looking at a dead event and trying to give it new life. In a sense, I'm a taxidermist.
My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That's heaven. That's gold, and anything else is just a waste of time.
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Not till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination"-above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them." shall we have it.
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