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I'm Glad I've Given Up Drugs And Alcohol. It Would Be Awful To Be Like Keith Richards. He's Pathetic. It's Like A Monkey With Arthritis, Trying To Go Onstage And Look Young.

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Elton John

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I'm Glad I've Given Up Drugs And Alcohol. It Would Be Awful To Be Like Keith Richards. He's Pathetic. It's Like A Monkey With Arthritis, Trying To Go Onstage And Look Young.

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I Love Every Minute Of Fatherhood, Staying Up All Night, Changing Nappies, Kids Crying, I Find It Really Funny And Inspiring. It Connects You To The World In A New Way.

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I'm Going To Fight For Human Rights, Whether I Do It Silently Behind The Scenes Or Vocally So That I Get Locked Up. I Can't Just Sit Back; It's Not In My Nature. I Can't Sit Back And Blindly Ignore It, And I Won't.

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