Elton John. The Rocket Man. The Pinball Wizard.
It doesn't matter what you call him; his real title always remains: a music legend.
While his life story was showcased in the 2019 biopic, Rocketman, there is still a lot of things that fans don't know about Elton.
Well, it's time to remedy that with this list.
It's actually Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
But John never felt like himself with that name. "Reg is the unhappy part of my life," he once said, according to the singer's biography by David Buckley.
In his autobiography, Me, he revealed that he first met Diana in 1981.
It was "just before her marriage to Prince Charles. It was at Prince Andrew's 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle. The evening was completely surreal."
According to Elton, this was due to Diana backing out of writing the foreword in the book Rock And Royalty, by Gianni Versace.
"I think Buckingham Palace didn't like the idea of a member of the Royal Family having anything to do with a book that featured shots of naked guys with towels draped around them."
At the funeral, she came up to John and said, "'I'm so sorry. It was a silly falling-out. Let's be friends.'"
He even performed "Candle in the Wind" at her funeral in 1997.
He has also maintained a close bond with her sons, William and Harry.
He's been a famous singer for decades, so he's clearly got money to give. But none of that is going to his two sons, Zachary and Elijah.
"It's terrible to give kids a silver spoon," he said in an interview with The Daily Mirror.
"The boys live the most incredible lives, they're not normal kids, and I'm not pretending they are. But you have to have some semblance of normality, some respect for money, some respect for work."
This was called Bluesology. While Elton eventually went solo, he did take inspiration from his former bandmates with him...
He got his stage name, as his bandmates were saxophonist Elton Dean and singer Long John Baldry.
Since Diana's passing, Elton has kept an eye out on her children, William and Harry.
He even lent his private plane to Harry. However, this led to a lot of backlash, as people criticized Harry for impacting the environment.
He criticized the media for being so hard on the couple.
"I am deeply distressed by today’s distorted and malicious account in the press surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s private stay at my home in Nice last week," he wrote on Twitter.
Most are named after female singers, such as Aretha Franklin, Diana Krall, and Nina Simone.
His most expensive piano is called Blossom, after jazz singer Blossom Dearie.
What he was doing with all these flowers, we'll never know, but he did once defend his right to buy them by saying, "Well, I like flowers."
Now, if only he could grow some money flowers and throw some cash at us.
He taught himself how to play the piano at the age of three! He even did this entirely by ear.
His talent earned him a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in London at age 11.
While they were friends at one point, the two rock stars were at odds after Bowie called Elton "rock 'n roll's token queen" in an interview with Rolling Stone.
Woah. In his defense, this is one nice piano.
The Yamaha took four years to make and has a ton of cool features, such as LED screens that would react to his playing and take photos and videos.
The pair have been working together for over 50 years!
During this time, they've honed quite an unusual system.
Instead, Taupin writes lyrics and then John composes.
They've got their system down pat, as it only takes them around 15-20 minutes to create a song.
It was fame, unfortunately, that caused this.
"The reason I became a drug addict is because I didn't know how to deal with life on life's terms," he told CBC. "I was on stage, I got applause and I felt safe on stage. When I came off stage, I was stuck with me."
"I was immature. When I got sober, I started trying to become an adult instead of a child," he said.
Thankfully, he has since gotten sober.
