A Very Stressful Existence
The pressure was getting to Elton. After working nonstop for five years, he began developing some serious addictions:
“I would only know how to be ‘Elton’. I wouldn’t know how to live offstage. There was no balance in my life. — The self-loathing I had, walking around the house, not bathing for three or four days, staying up watching pornography all the time, drinking a bottle of scotch a day. And I was bulimic as well, so I wouldn’t eat for three days, then gorge on six bacon sandwiches and a pint of ice cream and throw it up. And then have a shower and start the whole procedure all over again. There was no self-respect there whatsoever.”
Image Source: Billboard ; Quote Source: Ultimate Classic Rock