When Elton John told ABC’s Good Morning America a few weeks ago that because he’d lost the sight in one eye he was having a hard time making new music, he sounded kind of gloomy about it. But addressing the same question on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Dec. 17, he seemed much more positive.
“I’ve never been healthier,” Elton told Colbert. “I have a little problem with the eyes, but compared to most people, I’m the luckiest man in the world, so I’m very, very happy with everything.”
When Colbert asked Elton if “the juices were flowing again” and if we’d be getting new music from him, Elton said, “You will be getting some more.”
“The juices have never dried up. They never want to dry up because I’m always looking to create things. It’s just having the space now to do it on my own time,” he added. “Of course there will be new Elton John music.”
He also noted that “it’s the most fantastic thing in the world” to know that he doesn’t have to go out on another world tour ever again.
Elton’s current new music is his song “Never Too Late,” which he co-wrote with his pal Brandi Carlile for his Disney+ documentary of the same name. It was recently short-listed for an Oscar nomination.
When Colbert asked Elton to name his five favorite Elton John songs, Elton cracked, “Not f****** ‘Crocodile Rock,’ I know that!” He named three songs from Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy: “Curtains,” “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” and “We All Fall In Love Sometimes,” as well as “Your Song” and “Blessed.”
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