“I love going out and playing. I├óΓé¼Γäóve never loved playing so much as I do now. I├óΓé¼Γäóm just going back to do some dates with my band, then I go off and do six dates completely on my own, and then I go back to Vegas to do a show which is completely different to anything we├óΓé¼Γäóve done before, and then I├óΓé¼Γäóm going on the road again with Billy Joel again next year├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥so that├óΓé¼Γäós the fourth different thing├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and then I may go on the road with Ray Cooper again├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥so that├óΓé¼Γäós the fifth different thing├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and then I├óΓé¼Γäóve got an orchestral thing up my sleeve. So that├óΓé¼Γäós six different kinds of shows I can do. And I just really, really, really enjoy it. I suppose it├óΓé¼Γäós because I├óΓé¼Γäóm totally happy with my personal life, totally happy travelling. Everything in my life is pretty much the most balanced it├óΓé¼Γäós ever been. I├óΓé¼Γäóve been going to places I├óΓé¼Γäóve never played before├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Abu Dhabi. This year I played my fiftieth state. I├óΓé¼Γäóve got so much energy and so many things on the go. I want to do another Vegas show.”
– Our poppa, Sir Elton John, on his touring and what drives him, in the new issue of GQ
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