Sir Elton John reveals why he 'never' listens to his old songs

Billions of people have Elton John's greatest hits on replay... except for The Rocket Man himself.

The Your Song icon does not like listening to his old music, despite its legendary status. Elton sat down for an interview last week morning, revealing that he does not like to "bask in his success" and is especially not fond of watching himself in music videos or documentaries.

"I wouldn’t go and put my old music on...I never watch anything about me because I just don't like to look at myself very often. I'm not one to bask in my success."

He also mentioned that he had to watch his 2024 documentary, Elton John: Never Too Late, a few times before he really appreciated it, as the first screening made him "a bit tense." Aside from shining a spotlight on his recent ventures, the I'm Still Standing hitmaker zoomed in on the magic he and master lyricist Bernie Taupin created from 1970 to 1975, per People.

"I don't listen to my stuff but we made a lot of great records. We made 13 albums in that time plus singles, plus B sides, and we toured, and we worked and the momentum was incredible."

Elton struggled with drug and alcohol addiction in the '80s and sought sobriety in the '90s, citing music as the thing that pulled him out of "a really bad place."

"It nearly killed me, but it saved me because I didn't just hide away, I just kept producing records, however good or bad they were, I just kept doing it."

Speaking of producing records, Elton, along with friend and fellow artist Brandi Carlile, are gearing up to release a brand new record titled Who Believes In Angels?, which will be released this April.

The record, created in under a month, promises to be unlike anything the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road singer has ever worked on before.

The title track is out now, and you can watch the music video below!

This article was first published by iHeart.com and is republished here with permission.