Quotes by Bernie Taupin

About Bernie Taupin:

Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.
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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.

Bernie Taupin

We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.

Bernie Taupin

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

Bernie Taupin

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

Bernie Taupin

My mother's father taught English literature. When I was about ten or eleven, I could recite Macaulay's 'Lays of Ancient Rome.' While other kids were playing pedestrian war games, I'd be Horatius keeping the bridge.

Bernie Taupin

Author Bio

  • NameBernie Taupin
  • DescriptionBritish songwriter
  • BornMay 22, 1950
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Lyricist; Musician; Composer; Author; Singer-songwriter