I already had my own issues with mental health, or trauma as the buzzword is now, when the band started taking off. I think that just becoming known for who you are, and that's not someone you like much, was tough.

Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.

I lived my teenage years in my 20s when I sort of left home and became Elton John success, then it became Elton John excess... Everything I couldn't do when I was younger I did 10 times over. I was having the time of my life. I was becoming the person that I wanted to be.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.