The 1960s artist Elton John said was the last "proper songwriter"

The 1960s artist Elton John said was the last "proper songwriter"

Elton John saying he was influenced by an artist who was largely reclusive and didn’t find fame until after their death seems hilariously at odds with everything he has ever been.  Are you trying to say that a man who has made an entire decades-spanning career out of the bedrocks of glitter, sequins, and feathers could be at all reserved? Put it this way, if there is a shy side to John, he should be able to add an acting Oscar to his cabinet of …