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Elton John, 78, ‘broke down’ over his mortality writing new album: ‘How much time have I got left?’
the “Smartless” podcast.“I’m writing the verse, like, ‘Oh, this is really pretty,'” he continued. “And then I get to the chorus and of course it’s about my death.”“When you get to my age, which is near 100, you think, ‘How much time have I got left?’”The “Rocket Man” singer then admitted that he really “started thinking about mortality” and ultimately got emotional for nearly an hour after his thoughts turned to his husband, David Furnish, 62, and their two sons, Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12.“You’ve got children, you’ve got a wonderful husband, you just think about mortality,” he said during the podcast.