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Elton John ‘Never Really Wanted to Take Drugs’
UltimateClassicRock ^
| October 28, 2021
| Martin Kielty
Posted on 10/28/2021 12:13:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Elton John called the moment he took his first line of cocaine as one of the biggest regrets of his “unexpected” career.
SNIP
“I wouldn’t have taken as many drugs,” John told Ladbible TV when asked about regrets. “Although I continued to work when I took drugs, I didn't make my best work some of the time. ... I never really wanted to take drugs, I just joined in for the sake of it and it became an addiction. I became an addict and alcoholic, and I've since learned my lesson, but I would, if I could go back to when I first saw a line of cocaine, I would say no now.”
Asked to describe his career, he chose the word “unexpected." “I was never really a singer in my band, the Bluesology," he explained. "And then when I started writing songs, nobody recorded them. So, I was forced to sing the songs, and so I became a singer by accident. Great thing about life: It throws things at you that you totally don't expect. My career … started in 1970 and exploded. I never for saw that coming whatsoever.”
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: cocaine; drugs; eltonjohn
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To: nickcarraway
That’s the biggest regret?
How about his gay marriae son being forever disallowed from seeing or knowing his mom in any way?
Now that’s a crime
To: nickcarraway
And see how he turned out?
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:19:07 PM PDT
by
Blogatron
(I don’t know how to be less white, but I do know how to buy less Coke.)
To: nickcarraway
I guess that’s why they call it the blues
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:19:10 PM PDT
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: nickcarraway
Yet Elton’s best music was during his drug years.
To: nickcarraway
Elton John is great on the piano but he sucks on the organ.
To: nickcarraway
Flip Wilson:
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:21:42 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:24:42 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: nickcarraway
“Elton John ‘Never Really Wanted to Take Drugs’”
Most people I know that have to take meds say the same.
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:31:44 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
ROTFLMAO!!! Haven’t heard that one in a looooong time! You owe me a Yuengling and a new keyboard, PAL!!😆😝😝😆😆
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:32:27 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:36:17 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, and Mick Jagger never really wanted to bed all of those teen groupies, either.
Regards,
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:43:31 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: circlecity
Yet Elton’s best music was during his drug years.Probably true for most top bands.
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:46:02 PM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: 1Old Pro
To: monkeyshine
ISWYDT!...........................
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:49:39 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
ISWYDT......................
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posted on
10/28/2021 12:49:58 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: nickcarraway
Why does anyone care what Elton John says?
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posted on
10/28/2021 1:11:39 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: nickcarraway
...”and I’m gonna be hiiiiiigh as a kite by then.”
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posted on
10/28/2021 2:01:48 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Chinese communism will look different once the masks come off.)
To: nickcarraway
… and he traded in his Chevy for a Cadillac-ac-ac -ac ..
(but that could have been someone else … )
To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar
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posted on
10/28/2021 3:00:41 PM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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