Elton John partnered with Brandi Carlile for a new album of duets, Who Believes in Angels? But the project almost fell apart ...

But then it all fell into place when Bernie gave me the lyrics to "The Rose of Laura Nyro ... And I just was so upset at my boring chord sequence and the boring things that I did for that song.

My character was “Skeleton," and I got to sing cool songs like "Master of Puppets," by Metallica, "Running up That Hill," by Kate Bush and "Hallelujah ... subject of her lyrics to be open ...