Talking to... Elton John
When I’m not working, I like plodding round the kitchen doing the things everybody
else does. I love going to the supermarket to do the shopping. I come back with far more stuff
than I need. When I am on holiday in St. Tropez, I love to get up at six in the morning to get the
fresh bread. People often see me wheeling my trolley round the supermarkets in the town.
I’ve tried going out in disguise - dark glasses, hat, that sort of thing - but nine times out
of ten it doesn’t work. Most people are very pleasant and polite. But it’s frustrating if you get
out of bed on the wrong side - and you do some days - and someone asks you for an autograph
and they haven’t got a pen or a piece of paper. But I enjoy my popularity; I don’t see the point
in being a recluse.
That’s a tricky one to answer. I’ve always been a bit of a loner. By that I don’t mean that
I’m lonely. It’s just that I like to be my own boss all the time. Don’t confuse that with being
lonely because I’m not. I’ve lots of great friends around me. But I’m terribly set in my ways and,
at my age, it’s very hard to change. I don’t particularly want to, either. Being successful has
given me the confidence to do things I wouldn’t have had the courage to do otherwise. But I
still retain that shyness when I first meet people. I’m never going to get rid of that.
I’m one of those people who only has to look at a doughnut and I immediately put on a
kilo without even eating it. I’ve always had a problem with my weight. It doesn’t bother me too
much, although I get depressed when I’m very overweight. I dieted once and I became so
obsessed that I nearly made myself ill. But I’m happy with the way I am at the moment. If you
exercise at least three or four times a week and play tennis, then it’s no problem, but you have
to keep at it.
When I get up in the morning, I go on this exercise machine I’ve got and walk four or
five miles in an hour. That burns off the calories for the rest of the day. When I’m on tour, I eat
three meals a day and don’t snack. I can’t eat before or after a show so that helps. It’s when I’m
at home - the worst thing is the fridge and snacking. I’m a terrible snacker. I’m a big bread fan
and I love curry.
I can’t keep touring and making records for the rest of my life -I’ve got to try something
different now and then. One thing I am interested in doing is writing a musical.
That’s highly unlikely. I’m not interested in going into a theatre and performing every
night. You may find that strange but if you’re on tour, at least you’re changing cities. I played
at the Hammersmith Odeon once for fourteen nights and by the end of it I was going crazy. It
was like going to the office. So people who actually appear in plays and musicals for two to
three years have my greatest sympathy and admiration. I never consider what I do as work.
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