Sir Elton John has reflected on his own mortality, saying: “I don’t know how much time I have left,” in footage from a new documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late, which has been directed by RJ Cutler and Sir Elton’s husband, David Furnish.
Footage from the film captures Sir Elton preparing for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, having performed two sold-out concerts at the venue back in 1975.
Sir Elton, 77, says: “I wonder what is going to happen to all of this stuff when I finish? This is the latter time of my life. I don’t know how much time I have left.
“And you think about that more when you get to my age. You think about life and death. You think: Well, I just want to be where I want to be now.
“I don’t have to work after this tour. I will be working doing records and putting radio shows together, and doing other things, but travelling takes so much out of you.
“It is very tiring. I am used to it and I am a veteran at it… but this is where you start to think about mortality.”
Sir Elton says in the documentary that his children, sons Zachary and Elijah, “think about his mortality”.
He explains: “They worry about my mortality because they know how old I am.
“Not so much David, but me, they love their Daddy so they want me to be around forever.
“I would love to be around forever. I want to see them have children, and get married, but I don’t think I am going to be around for that, who knows, you never know.
“So that’s why I want to make the best of my time while I am around… time together is so wonderful and so precious.”
Elton John: Never Too Late will launch on Disney+ on Friday, December 13
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