Elton John recalls his friendship with John Lennon and when “we darkened a lot together”

In a video published by the Instagram account of Wow Presents Plus, Elton John tells when he met John Lennon7 years older than him. The British artist, today 78 years old, recalled that moment: “I met Lennon when he had just left his madness phase and entered the laughter period”commented on timeless Hit interpreter such as Rocket Man And Your Song.

“He sang my songs, I played his. We dregated very much together “Elton John admitted, who has a past of addictionslasted until 1990when he went to a Rehabilitation Center to clean up (mainly from cocaine and alcoholas he himself told in theautobiography Me).

Always remembering the Beatles singer, Elton John said: «We made such laugh! He, Rod Stewart and Freddie Mercury are the people with whom I laughed more! ».

So the singer recalled that night where, in a New York hotel, He and John Lennon were pulling cocaine When, at some point, Someone ran to the bell of their room. “I took about 10 minutes to drag myself to the door And look from the peephole. So I whispered to John: “It’s Andy Warhol”! “. And he made me sign of not opening. And when I asked him why, he replied: “He always has a damned camera with him! There is nothing private when there is Andy around”. So yes, we didn’t open the door to Andy Warhol. But this is because we were rough!».