Creativity Quote by Elton John

The pause in "Well, as I was saying..". is doing almost all the work: it’s a reset button, a little stage-managed rewind that signals both performance and self-protection. Elton John’s persona has always lived in that space where confession meets showmanship, and this line captures it in miniature. The ellipses aren’t just casual speech; they’re a controlled stumble, a wink at the fact that whatever came before may have been too blunt, too sharp, or too real for the room.

"Everyone's so nice to me" reads like gratitude until you hear the wobble of "usually". That last word turns the compliment into a hedge and, more pointedly, an indictment. Nice to you because they love you, or because fame demands it? Usually because the machine of celebrity runs on politeness-as-currency: handlers smoothing edges, interviewers flattering, acquaintances auditioning for proximity. In Elton’s orbit, niceness can be genuine and still feel transactional; that’s the psychological tax of being both adored and managed.

The intent feels twofold: defuse tension and quietly reclaim authority. He re-enters the conversation on his terms, reasserting the narrative after an implied interruption or misstep. It’s humor as armor - light, self-effacing, faintly acidic. The subtext isn’t "I’m lucky". It’s "I know what this is, and I’m not entirely fooled by it."