Sir Elton John urges young stars to learn from his mistake and quit drugs
July 7th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANIMelbourne, July 7 (ANI): Sir Elton John has said that the young stars should learn from his mistake and should stop taking drugs at an early age.
The 63-year-old singer considers his greatest achievement is getting sober at the age of 43 - but he wishes he’d done it when he was 20 years younger.
“If you can do it, and everyone’s going to do it I think because they want to try it, then try and get it over with as quickly as possible, because it’s a f*^#ing waste of time,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Sir John as saying.
“Jared Leto is a great actor he’d been a crack addict since he was 14 and he’d been sober since 17.
“Jack Osbourne, a friend of mine, he’s been sober since he was 18.
“I spent time with (Lady) GaGa last week, and she said, ‘You know I got my cocaine over with by the time I was 20.
“Thank god. I didn’t get mine over with until I was 43,” he added.
Sir Elton was speaking at the launch of his new album ‘The Union’, a collaboration with legendary singer and songwriter Leon Russell.
The album is due for release in October. (ANI)
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