[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Jimmy: WOW.
HOW ARE YOU?
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Jimmy: YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A WORLDWIDE FAREWELL TOUR.
IS IT REALLY A FAREWELL TOUR?
>> IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO
TRAVEL ANYMORE.
I'VE BEEN TRAVELING SINCE I WAS
17.
TEN YEARS AGRICULO IF YOU'D HAV
ASKED ME THAT QUESTION, I'D SAY
YOU WERE CRAZY.
I HAVE TWO KIDS AND I HAVE A
FAMILY AND I WANT TO SPEND TEIM
WITH THE FAMILY.
I WILL MAKE TOURS, I WILL DO THE
OCCASIONAL TOURS, I THINK.
I'M NOT GOING TO STOP BEING
CREATIVE.
IT'S FOR FAMILY REASONS.
I LOVE THOSE BOYS AND I LOVE MY
HUSBAND AND I WANT TO SPEND TIME
WITH THEM.
>> Jimmy:S THAT NICE.
THAT'S VERY NICE.
I THINK CHER'S FIRST FAREWELL
TOUR WAS IN 2002 OR SOMETHING.
>> B.C.
>> Jimmy: YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME OBVIOUSLY.
WHEN YOU STARTED OUT, YOU PLAYED
SOME ROUGH PLACES.
>> YEAH, I PLAYED CLUBS WITH MY
BAND, BLUESOLOGY.
WE PLAY TO 30, 40 PEOPLE,
SOMETIMES 200, 300.
WE PLAY THE CLUB CIRCUIT IN
SCOTLAND AND WALES.
IT'S CALLED PAYING YOUR DUES.
WE DIDN'T GET PAID MUCH BUT WE
LOVED WHAT WE DID.
>> Jimmy: PEOPLE WOULD FIGHT?
>> MY PIANO WAS NEXT TO THE
WINDOW SO I COULD HOP OUT THE
WINDOW.
I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE.
WE WERE PLAYING MUSIC WHICH WE
LOVED, WHICH WAS R & B AND SOUL
AND BLUES MUSIC.
WHEN I LOOKED BACK ON THOSE
DAYS, I DIDN'T EARN ANY MONEY
BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO.
I WAS SO PLEASED TO BE DOING
MUSIC.
>> Jimmy: YOU LOVED MUSIC AND
YOU LOVED COCAINE VERY MUCH.
>> YEAH.
IS THAT A LINE ON THERE NOW?
>> Jimmy: THERE'S NOTHING TO
WORRY ABOUT.
THERE ARE STORIES IN THE BOOK
ABOUT YOU THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAD
TO TELL YOU AND THEN YOU WROTE
THEM?
ARE THERE STORIES THAT YOU ARE
DON'T REMEMBER AT ALL?
>> I CAN PRETTY MUCH REMEMBER
ALL THE HORROR STORIES.
>> Jimmy: YOU REMEMBER
EVERYTHING?
>> I DID.
NOT ANYTHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF
BUT SOME OF THEM ARE FUNNY WHEN
YOU READ THEM.
FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS IN A HOTEL AT
11:00 IN THE MORNING AT LONDON,
I HADN'T GONE TO BED.
I RANG THE OFFICE UP IN LONDON
TO SAY IT WAS SO WINDY, COULD
SOMEONE COME AND STOP IT.
THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL INSANITY.
THAT'S TRUE INSANITY.
>> Jimmy: I'D HEARD THAT STORY
ABOUT YOU AND I ASSUMED IT WAS
NOT TRUE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND I'M ON THE PHONE AND THEY'RE
GOING "HE'S FINALLY LOST IT."
>> Jimmy: I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
IT'S FREEING IN A WAY TO WRITE
ALL THESE STORIES DOWN AND TO
JUST TELL EVERYONE ALL OF THIS
STUFF.
>> WELL, I WANTED TO WRITE THE
BOOK BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SO
MANY BIOGRAPHIES WRITTEN ABOUT
ME.
I WANTED TO TELL MY SIDE OF THE
STORY WHEN THEY'RE OLDER,
CERTAINLY NOT READING IT NOW.
DADDY, WHAT'S A [ BLEEP ].
>> Jimmy: THAT COULD BE THE
SOLILOQUY.
ON YOUR NEXT FAREWELL TOUR,
INDEPENDENT GOING BACK ON THE
ROAD, KIDS.
>> THEY MIGHT WANT TO KICK ME
OUT.
>> Jimmy: ONE OF THE GREAT
STORIES FOR A COUPLE REASONS IN
THE BOOK IS YOU LET STEVIE
WONDER DRIVE YOUR SNOWMOBILE.
NOW, I HAVE TO SAY JUST THE PART
OF YOU OWNING A SNOWMOBILE WOULD
BE ENOUGH FOR ME.
>> I DIDN'T OWN IT.
I WAS AT THE CARIBOU RANCH,
THICK SNOW AND STEVIE WANTED TO
GO ON THE SNOWBALL.
>> Jimmy: HE WENT BEHIND THE
WHEEL BY HIMSELF.
>> YEAH.
WE THOUGHT, OKAY, THAT'S ANOTHER
RIVAL GONE.
THAT'S HIM OUT THE WAY.
JUST NEEDED TO GET PHIL COLLINS.
>> Jimmy: IS BOB DYLAN SOMEBODY
YOU WOULD CONSIDER TO BE A
RIVAL?
>> NO, HE'S WAY ABOVE ME.
NO WAY.
>> Jimmy: YOU PLAYED CHARADES
WITH BOB DYLAN?
>> I DID.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO AMERICA, I
WENT TO NEIL DIAMOND'S HOUSE.
HE AND HIS WIFE MARCIA AT THE
TIME INVITED TO US DINNER AND
BOB DYLAN WAS THERE.
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW I FELT.
AFTERWARDS THEY SAID LET'S
PLAYED CHARADES, SOUNDS LIKE TWO
SYLLABLES.
THE GREATEST POET IN THE WORLD.
COULD HE DO SOUNDS LIKE TWO
SYLLABLES?
NO.
AND HE WAS ON MY TEAM.
AND I AM A COMPETITIVE
[ BLEEP ].
>> Jimmy: EVEN A SITUATION LIKE
THAT WHERE THERE'S A GUY YOU
ADMIRE GREATLY YOU BECOME
ANNOYED AT HIM.
>> I THREW ORANGES AT HIM.
THE NEXT DAY MY FRIEND WHO WAS
THERE, TONY, SAID JUST TO REMIND
ME LAST NIGHT YOU DID THROW
ORANGES AT BOB DYLAN.
I WENT, "DID I?"
BLESS HIS HEART.
I LOVE HIM TO DEATH.
THEY WERE SMALL.
>> Jimmy: YOU MAKE A LOT OF FUN
OF YOURSELF AND YOU REVEAL A LOT
OF THINGS.
IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT.
YOU SAID YOU WERE AWAKENED BY A
NOISE AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
GUYS IN YOUR PLACE.
>> WELL, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I
TOOK MY HAIR OFF AND THEN I
HEARD THIS NOISE AND I THOUGHT
I'M BEING BURGLED AND I THOUGHT
I'VE GOT TO GO AND SEE WHAT IT
IS.
THE LIGHTS WENT ON.
I GRABBED MY HAIR, PUT IT ON,
GLASSES, WENT TO THE CORRIDOR
AND SAID IT'S A WATER LEAK.
I'M STANDING THERE IN MY
UNDERPANTS, WENT BACK TO THE
ROOM AND LOOKED AND I HAD IT ON
BACK
BACKWARDS.
AND THEY MUST HAVE THOUGHT WHAT
THE HELL IS THAT?
>> Jimmy: JUMPED ON THE
SNOWMOBILE WITH STEVIE WONDER
AND RODE AWAY.
>> Jimmy: ELTON JOHN IS WITH US,
IT'S CALLED "ME."
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪
>> Jimmy: WE ARE BACK WITH ELTON
JOHN.
THIS IS HIS MEMOIR.
EVERYTHING'S IN HERE.
IT'S CALLED "ME."
THERE'S SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD
GOSSIPY STUFF IN HERE.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF FUN STUFF.
I'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLY AMUSING
LIFE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DARK STUFF IN
THERE, A LOT OF TRUE STUFF WITH
MY FAMILY.
IT'S JUST MY LIFE AS IT
HAPPENED.
I'M ASHAMED OF SOME OF IT, I'M
PROUD OF SOME OF IT.
EVEN THOUGH THE BAD TIES
HAP --
TIMES HAPPENED, I'M PROUD TO GET
THROUGH IT.
WHAT CAN I TELL YOU.
>> Jimmy: YOU MENTIONED ON ONE
OF YOUR PREVIOUS VISITS, THAT
YOU'RE VERY AWARE OF THE CHARTS.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BOOK IS
NUMBER ONE ON AMAZON?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL GO OUT AND HAVE A TOMATO.
>> Jimmy: LAST TIME YOU WERE
HERE, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE A
CELL PHONE.
IS THAT STILL THE CASE?
>> IT IS.
THAT'S WHY NO ONE EVER HACKED MY
PHONE.
I DON'T HAVE ONE.
>> Jimmy: I ASSUME YOU HAVE
SOMEONE WHO HAS A CELL PHONE
NEAR YOU AT ALL TIMES?
>> I DO.
BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN.
AND I HAVE AN iPAD WHEN I'M NOT
WITH THE KIDS.
I'M A TECHNO-PHOBE.
I LIKE THE TACTILE FEEL OF
THINGS.
>> Jimmy: SPEAKING OF TACTILE
FEEL --
>> I SAY.
>> Jimmy: IF IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH YOU.
>> IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BY
NOW.
>> Jimmy: BUT YOU MENTIONED THAT
YOU LOVE TO -- YOU LOVE PAPER
SHREDDING.
>> I DO.
>> Jimmy: SHREDDING PAPER.
FEEDING IT THROUGH THE THING.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING FABULOUS
ABOUT IT.
IT'S LIKE DON'T SEND ME THIS
CRAP AND HERE IT GOES.
I JUST LOVE IT.
IT'S VERY CATHARTIC TO ME.
>> Jimmy: YOU'LL TAKE WHATEVER'S
AROUND THE HOUSE AND SHRED IT?
>> WRAPPING PAPER, ANYTHING.
CHRISTMAS TIME THE SHREDDER GETS
RED HOT AND EXPLODES.
I HAVE MANY FOIBLES.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S AN INTERESTING
ONE.
YOU EVER ACCIDENTALLY SHRED
ANYTHING YOU SHOULDN'T?
>> OH, MY GOD.
A PARTNERSHIP WITH DAVID IN
2005, WE FINALLY DECIDED TO DO
IT AT THE HOUSE AND A BIG
MARQUEE AND WE ONLY HAD THREE
WEEKS TO DO IT, DAVID DID ALL
THE TABLE THINGS.
>> Jimmy: THAT'S THE WORST JOB,
BY THE WAY.
>> HE SPENT TWO DAYS DOING IT.
UNFORTUNATELY HIS DESK AT THE
OFFICE WAS NEXT TO THE SHREDDER.
I CAME DOWN OH LOOK, FABULOUS.
HE CAME DOWN AND SAID WHERE'S
THE LIST?
>> WHAT LIST?
AND HE SAID, YOU ARE KNOW, ALL
THE TABLE PLANNING.
I JUST RAN OUT OF THE ROOM.
THAT WAS NOT A PLEASANT MEMORY.
>> Jimmy: IMAGINE IF THAT
DERAILED THE WEDDING?
WE WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED BUT
I SHREDDED THE GUEST LIST.
CAN WE PUT THE PICTURE OF THE
SHOE UP?
I WANT YOUR OPINION ON THIS.
IN YOUR OPINION, ELTON JOHN,
WHAT COLOR IS IT?
>> IT'S EASY.
OM GAY, IT'S PINK.
>> Jimmy: THIS IS THE BOOK
CALLED "ME."
YOU CAN LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT
HIM RIGHT HERE IN THIS BOOK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH TAIKA