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Onstage It Was Always Comfortable For Me Because That's Where I Felt At Home. Offstage It Was A Different Situation. I Was Still Shy Offstage And Unfortunately, My Shyness And My Inability To Communicate And Really Have Great Conversations Or Be Part Of The Gang - In Inverted Commas - Led Me To The Drug Addiction, Which, You Know, Blighted My Life For 16 Years Because I Thought By Doing That It Would Make Me Join In.

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Elton John

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Onstage It Was Always Comfortable For Me Because That's Where I Felt At Home. Offstage It Was A Different Situation. I Was Still Shy Offstage And Unfortunately, My Shyness And My Inability To Communicate And Really Have Great Conversations Or Be Part Of The Gang - In Inverted Commas - Led Me To The Drug Addiction, Which, You Know, Blighted My Life For 16 Years Because I Thought By Doing That It Would Make Me Join In.

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