Before he became Elton John, his name was Reginald, and he was a short, bespectacled boy who didn't get on with his parents, but was very good at the piano. At first he was just busking for more successful musicians, but then he met his soul mate, the songwriter Bernie Taupin. From that encounter, it was a steep road to the absolute top, perhaps too fast to manage without booze and drugs.
The latter were especially helpful at times when Elton felt alone, abandoned and unloved, which was practically all the time. But when you're a rocker and a showman at heart, you just get out of any shit...
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