Sir Elton John has shared that he has "never felt happiness" like he has now as he made a surprise performance at the US premiere of the upcoming documentary 'Elton John: Never Too Late'.
Elton John has "never felt happiness" like he has now.
The 77-year-old singer has reflected on his journey to success and how sobriety made him realise what was missing from his life, and it took his husband David Furnish - who he met in 1993 and married in 2014, on the ninth anniversary of their civil partnership - and their sons Zachary, 13, and 11-year-old Elijah to make him feel complete.
Making a surprise appearance at the New York Film Festival for the US premiere of 'Elton John: Never Too Late', People magazine reports he told the audience: “[I've] never felt happiness like I have now. I’m 77 years of age, I’ve done all there is to do...
“When I first became successful in those first five years, it was wonderful. It was all I wanted. I wanted people to love the songs, buy the records.
“In 1990, I got sober, and when that happened, I began to understand what was missing from my life: humility, gratitude, and faith. I had to build a foundation. Yes, music is wonderful. Fame is wonderful. But it didn’t satisfy me. Something was missing.
"So eventually, I found complete and utter happiness and bliss when I met David and when I had my children.”
The 'Rocket Man' hitmaker - who retired from touring last year - also gave thanks to music for always being there for him during the "good times and the bad times".
He said: “There’s always been music through the good times and bad times. I’ve always relied on music to pull me through. Even when I was in my darkest times, I still played music, I still recorded music, so I have to say thank you to music for being the most incredible inspiration to me throughout my whole life."
Elton's documentary 'Elton John: Never Too Late' - which was co-directed by his husband David and filmmaker R.J. Cutler - reflects on the life and career of the music icon ahead of his final US concert and will be available to stream on Disney+ in December.
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Two years ago, Kingsman: The Secret Service seemed to come out of nowhere, ruffling feathers...
For those who knew him, Gary Unwin (better known as Eggsy to his friends), was...
In July of 2015, Ed Sheeran played his biggest gigs to date, selling out Wembley...
It's fair to say that Vincent Furnier made musical history when he became Alice Cooper;...
Elton John is one of the biggest and most glamorous rockstars of all time having...
Motivated solely by corporate greed, Disney has recently begun cranking out low-ambition, high-profit margin throwaway...