ELTON John said he’d have “killed myself”; if he’d had to make another solo album.
will release a collaborative called Who Believes in Angels? tomorrow and he said he “needed her”; to keep going.
He explained: “I knew that I didn't want to make the same album again... I wanted the album to move forward because I'm always trying to look forward.
“If I had just made another Elton John record, I would've killed myself.
“I needed her, I needed her talent, her energy, her humour, and her brilliant lyrics. I've got two of the greatest lyric writers in the world: Bernie Taupin and Brandi Carlile.
“The lyrics in front of me, if you can't write great songs for those then, that's my great talent, to be able to interpret those beautiful lyrics quickly.
“When we got going, it was like, whoosh, like an express train.”;
On April 19 they will star in an special, filmed last month at the Palladium, and then will have a break from one another.
But he is sure it won’t be the last time they work together.
Speaking to Zane Lowe on Elton said: “I think working with her would be a privilege to do again, and I think, but she needs to go off and do what she's learned on this record and put it into her solo stuff.
“And then, when we do another album or if we do another, it'll be even better. I really mean that, so there you go.
“Also, I have to say this, but my voice on this record is probably the best it's ever been.”;
She added: “He was with me before and he'll always be with me.
“His songwriting and his spirit is locked into my soul. I'll always have Elton when I write.
“I recently did some songwriting without him and I missed him. I called him and I said, ‘Elton, I feel chordially anaemic.’
“It's really hard when you've written with Elton John to go back to writing G-C-D chords over and over again.”;
