Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me - Paperbackby Bernie Taupin (Author) In this New York Times bestseller, experience the evocative, clear eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and long time collaborator of Elton John. "I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . . . The thing is good, bad, or indifferent I never stopped