Songwriting is a “whole different ballgame” for Elton John now that he’s got such severe vision problems, his friend and writing partner Bernie Taupin has revealed. And he wrote it in a completely different way simply because of his eyesight problem.” Bernie went on to explain that Elton “can’t read lyrics if they’re on the piano”. Elsewhere in the interview, Bernie stated that neither he nor Elton are interested in selling the rights to their music. Elton has two children with husband David Furnish, while Bernie shares two daughters with his fourth wife Heather Kidd.