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Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.

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An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

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And - but, you know, when you - I don't mind people's opinions of you.

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And I agreed with that, and I couldn't wait to change my name anyway, because I'm not too fond of the name of Reginald. It's a very kind of '50s English name.

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And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

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And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

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And I'm afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust.

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And I've been sober now and clean for 11 years. And it was the best thing I ever did.

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And if you're a journalist, surely the thing that you should be writing is the truth, or at least checking your facts.

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And it was a friend of mine, a relationship that I was having with someone in Atlanta who was the catalyst for me getting sober, who actually went into a treatment center first, which I was very angry about, because, hey, it was like telling me...

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And that wasn't a problem coming out of the closet at all. My parents accepted it. I had, you know, I was very lucky in that respect.

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And the danger is - and it's happening - is we're seeing an incredibly big rise amongst young gay people, young heterosexual people as far as catching HIV, which is, you know, in an educated country like this or in Britain, it's frightening.

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And there's no guarantee that if you get HIV and you take these triple therapies, or whatever comes along next, that they're going to be successful for you.

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Bands today have to learn their craft by putting the hard work in that we did when we were young performers.

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Because, I figured that, because I was a successful man, I was wealthy, I was, you know, seemingly intelligent - even that I am not intelligent enough to ask for help.

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But actually, my drug addiction thing, I was so stubborn.

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But, you know, those three words - I need help. If only I'd said them earlier.

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I always liked spending my money, even when I was a kid, when I had a paper round - or paper route, as they call it over here.

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I am the most well-known homosexual in the world.

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I do like Britney Spears. I think she's cute. I think she's fun. And I like her records. You know, I'm not a pop snob whatsoever. I think she makes great pop records.

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