it's me that you need really know what would it seems like such an incredible twist of fate." carl studna musician elton john and lyricist bernie taupin are arguably one of rock-and-roll's most successful and prolific writing john looks back on how their paths collided after a failed audition for ray williams at john describes the beginning of the working relationship "if i'd passed the audition ray might not have handed me handed me bernie's lyrics don't really know what would spent a lot of time thinking such an incredible twist of to give me something to take that's happened to me since happened because of what it contained "who knows? maybel would have found another do know my life and my career would have been very different most likely substantially worse-it's hard to see how it could have turned out any better-and i suspect you wouldn't be reading this now."-sep onstage at the troubadour in los angeles
