I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

Well, I've had my fair share in Britain of battling the tabloids.

We were both very much the same. We were both very impulsive. We both loved life. We both loved shopping. We both had a love of clothes, obviously, because he was the designer that I kind of wore forever and ever.

And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

I mean, Sting is one of my great buddies and I love him to death.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

I've only been interested in the artistic side of life.

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you're able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

I'm very generous.

I've got a great collection of photography.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

I'm a very wealthy man.

I used to get my money at the end of the week, buy my mum something, or buy a record, and that was it.

And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

I loathe celebrity. I can't stand it.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually.

I think country music is popular - has been popular and will always be popular because I think a lot of real people singing about a lot of real stuff about real people. And it's simple enough for people to understand it. And we kind of roll with the punches.