I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.
Interpretation
This quote expresses the priority of appreciating music and instrumentation before focusing on lyrics.
Elton John's quote highlights the importance he places on the musical elements of a song over its lyrics. It suggests that the emotional and aesthetic experience of music is often more immediate and powerful, with lyrics serving as a secondary aspect that can be appreciated later. This perspective encourages listeners to value the artistry in composition and sound as a foundational experience in music.
In practice
In a music appreciation class, when discussing the elements of a song.
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?
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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.
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I would like to be a one-man multinational fashion phenomenon.
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
I'm leaving the screen because I don't think I am very good in the pictures and I have this beautiful dream that I'm elegant on the stage.
For a film maker, an Oscar is like a Nobel Prize, you know. So I am very happy... delighted. There is nothing more after this. I cannot hope to get anything more prestigious.
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