Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John "Bernie" Taupinis an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, and making his lyrics some of the best known in music history...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth22 May 1950
cities idaho rest-of-your-life
Lincolnshire 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.
real lyric-poetry insult
Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.
book tweet
Read books, discover the blues and don't Tweet.
song unique order
'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening...The process of doing it was unique because I wrote the songs in the order they were recorded, so it was written like a story.
book home satanism
Elton John's home is laden with trinkets and books relating to Satanism and witchcraft.
years interviews quitting
One reason I quit doing interviews after years and years and years was because I was making things up.
underdogs
We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally.