One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.
Bernie TaupinLincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.
Bernie TaupinI am a simple vessel with complex overtones, opinionated on occasions but willing to listen. Comfortable with reclusiveness and devoted to privacy and family. Patriotic to a fault and allergic to cruelty, ignorance and bad music.
Bernie TaupinMy Mother set me on the right track, Marty Robbins made me want to write songs, and Jesus Christ did the rest.
Bernie Taupin