Elton John

If I hadn't have gone to that meeting, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you now. And then you look back and think, how did I have the courage to go to that meeting when I was chubby, I had no self-esteem, I was shy, but anything was better than playing to people who were eating chicken and chips while you were playing.

It was because in my teenage years, I wasn't allowed to wear anything fashionable at all. No pointy-toed shoes, no chiseled-toed shoes, no fashionable coats. So when I actually left home… And started, you know, I think that was the leap, leaving home and beginning to earn my own wage and keeping myself and supporting myself. But I decided to live my teenage years in my 20s.

It was because in my teenage years, I wasn't allowed to wear anything fashionable at all. No pointy-toed shoes, no chiseled-toed shoes, no fashionable coats. So when I actually left home… And started, you know, I think that was the leap, leaving home and beginning to earn my own wage and keeping myself and supporting myself. But I decided to live my teenage years in my 20s.

It was because in my teenage years, I wasn't allowed to wear anything fashionable at all. No pointy-toed shoes, no chiseled-toed shoes, no fashionable coats. So when I actually left home… And started, you know, I think that was the leap, leaving home and beginning to earn my own wage and keeping myself and supporting myself. But I decided to live my teenage years in my 20s.

And, you know, I made up for lost time pretty quickly. And I just, I went hell for leather for it. And I just had such a great time because I was cocooned in boring clothes.

And, you know, I made up for lost time pretty quickly. And I just, I went hell for leather for it. And I just had such a great time because I was cocooned in boring clothes.

And, you know, I made up for lost time pretty quickly. And I just, I went hell for leather for it. And I just had such a great time because I was cocooned in boring clothes.

That was my mother who did that. My father and my mother should never have gotten married. They got married very quickly after the war, which a lot of people did. They were totally unsuited to each other. My dad was in the Air Force and was a way a lot. My mom worked very, very hard in shops and also later in life at the Royal Air Force as well.

That was my mother who did that. My father and my mother should never have gotten married. They got married very quickly after the war, which a lot of people did. They were totally unsuited to each other. My dad was in the Air Force and was a way a lot. My mom worked very, very hard in shops and also later in life at the Royal Air Force as well.

That was my mother who did that. My father and my mother should never have gotten married. They got married very quickly after the war, which a lot of people did. They were totally unsuited to each other. My dad was in the Air Force and was a way a lot. My mom worked very, very hard in shops and also later in life at the Royal Air Force as well.

And I was the product of – I don't know how many times they must have had sex. I don't think they must have had sex very often but I was the product of their marriage. The 50s was an incredibly tough time to grow up in. It was after the war. It was very conservative.

And I was the product of – I don't know how many times they must have had sex. I don't think they must have had sex very often but I was the product of their marriage. The 50s was an incredibly tough time to grow up in. It was after the war. It was very conservative.

And I was the product of – I don't know how many times they must have had sex. I don't think they must have had sex very often but I was the product of their marriage. The 50s was an incredibly tough time to grow up in. It was after the war. It was very conservative.

So if you were in a marriage and you wanted to get out of it, it was very tough to get out of it because divorce was frowned on socially. I can remember my Uncle Red coming when my parents were thinking of getting divorced saying, you can't get divorced. What will the next door neighbors say? That was what it was like. I knew nothing about sex, nothing. I was seen and not heard.

So if you were in a marriage and you wanted to get out of it, it was very tough to get out of it because divorce was frowned on socially. I can remember my Uncle Red coming when my parents were thinking of getting divorced saying, you can't get divorced. What will the next door neighbors say? That was what it was like. I knew nothing about sex, nothing. I was seen and not heard.

So if you were in a marriage and you wanted to get out of it, it was very tough to get out of it because divorce was frowned on socially. I can remember my Uncle Red coming when my parents were thinking of getting divorced saying, you can't get divorced. What will the next door neighbors say? That was what it was like. I knew nothing about sex, nothing. I was seen and not heard.

Children were seen and not heard. I loved – I had the – wonderful upbringing with my grandmother. And my mother could be so much fun, but she was mercurial. And they were like oil and water, the two of them. The nice thing about it is that they got, when they did get divorced and my mother found Fred and my dad found Edna, is that they found the love of their lives. And that I'm very happy about.

Children were seen and not heard. I loved – I had the – wonderful upbringing with my grandmother. And my mother could be so much fun, but she was mercurial. And they were like oil and water, the two of them. The nice thing about it is that they got, when they did get divorced and my mother found Fred and my dad found Edna, is that they found the love of their lives. And that I'm very happy about.

Children were seen and not heard. I loved – I had the – wonderful upbringing with my grandmother. And my mother could be so much fun, but she was mercurial. And they were like oil and water, the two of them. The nice thing about it is that they got, when they did get divorced and my mother found Fred and my dad found Edna, is that they found the love of their lives. And that I'm very happy about.

But the bit in between was hard to take because I dreaded my dad coming home because it would be a row immediately. And then I would retreat to my room You know, look at my books, look at my records, look at my toys. And funnily enough, I mean, I just I found love of inanimate objects because inanimate objects, which I kept in pristine condition, couldn't harm me or talk back to me.