“It was the most magical of times because here was my idol accepting me. Actually, he could eat me for breakfast [playing piano]. I came from England and being a huge fan of someone like him and to have him accept me and kind of take me under his wing and be really fantastic to me the whole time. It meant the whole world to me that someone could show me that generosity that you admired so much. It helped validate me by saying, ‘Well if he thinks I’m alright then I must be alright because he’s my hero.’”
Elton John, talking to Elvis Costello about meeting Leon Russell, who had come to see his first Los Angeles performance at the Troubadour in 1970, and who’d then invited Elton to come to his home.
“Elton came and found me in the ditch on the side of the highway of life and took me up to the high stages and treated me like a king.”
Leon Russell, speaking of Elton John contacting him after Leon having been out of the limelight for decades, suffering from health, alcohol, drug and financial problems.
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