back then, even talking about rock and roll at the Royal Academy would have been sacrilege, like turning up to church and telling the vicar that you’… - Elton John

For each man in his time is Cain
Until he walks along the beach
And sees his future in the water,
A long lost heart within his reach.

As a result, I’m probably the only British musician of the sixties who went to work on the Reeperbahn and came back still in possession of his virginity

Or at least, he thought they were specially made, until we played a gig and he saw someone wearing exactly the same kaftan as him. He stopped in the middle of a song and started shouting angrily at him – ‘Where did you get that shirt? That’s my shirt!’ This, I felt, rather ran contrary to the kaftan’s associations with peace and love