Someone Once Told Elton John He Would Never Be A Pop Star

951.081 - 978.304 Terry Gross

That was an excerpt of the interview I recorded with Elton John in 2019. Now we'll hear an excerpt from our 2013 conversation when he was in Vegas during his million-dollar piano residency at Caesar's Palace. In this excerpt, we talked about how he was influenced by the flamboyant pianist Liberace. We are recording this on Thursday, September 19th, right before you perform at the Emmy Awards.