'The rock memoir of the decade' Daily Mail 'The rock star's gloriously entertaining and candid memoir is a gift to the
reader' Sunday Times In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the
truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit
film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story
of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew
up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age
of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an
astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and
boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the
same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with
songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping
superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool
to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie
Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while,
Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade. In Me Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life,
about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is
warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his
passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living
legend. 'Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout,
temper tantrums and all' The Times 'Racy, pacy and crammed with scurrilous anecdotes - what more could you ask from
the rocket man' Guardian (Book of the Week) 'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' Telegraph
