Elton John hopes readers of his just-published memoir, Me, understand that he tried his best -- not only in writing it, but in his life.
Elton John talked about what he wants people to come away with after reading his memoir:
"I want them to take away the fact that I've loved what I've given -- everything -- a 150% all the time. Sometimes it hasn't been the best, but most of the time it's been pretty good. And to feel that they know me, they can laugh with me, they can cry me. I'm just human and I've made a lot of terrible mistakes. Fame is not easy. And I was very happy to be on stage and that was where I felt safest. But when I came off stage I was still stuck with a little boy that was very insecure and shy before he became famous. So I had a lot of work to do to catch up with that. So I hope that people take away the fact that I've tried my best to be a good person. I think I've fulfilled that in the last few years after my sobriety and that's all I hope for."
After spending the week in Los Angeles promoting this past Tuesday's release of Me, Elton will be back in the safe confines of a stage when he resumes his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour on Saturday in Milwaukee.