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I can't think of anything until I've got printed words in front of me. I never wake up in the middle of the night with a song in my head.
Elton John
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Elton John
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 25
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Reg Dwight
Sir Elton Hercules John
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
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