Sir Elton John has pretty much seen it all throughout his almost 45 year long music career but even he seems to be slightly taken aback by Miley Cyrus' recent antics.
Speaking to The Australian (registration required), the legendary pop star said: "I look at Miley Cyrus and I see a meltdown waiting to happen. And she's so young! But she's got two records in the top 20, so who is going to stop her?"
Elton didn't stop there either, going on to say that Lady Gaga - who is godmother to his two sons - is in a "dangerous place".
"I'd like to be able to talk to her right now, but I can't get through to her. And there are times you have to listen", he said. "When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who won't question you, you're in a dangerous place."
"Look at Lindsay Lohan", John continued. "There was someone with a successful career and her parents completely f**ked her up. The dad was in jail and the mum was doing coke with her. Great!"
Sir Elton, who was obviously in a rather talkative mood, continued: "I can spot a car crash before it happens. I was in my dressing room in Las Vegas when they announced that Michael Jackson was playing 50 dates at the O2. I turned to my agent and said: 'He won't do a single one of those.' I could tell you he was going to die. He'd been doing drugs for so long - and I've known Michael since he was 12 or 13 - that it was never going to happen."
But what is the secret of success? "Don't let everyone know everything", he explained. "Keep some of it to yourself. It's why I'm not a big fan of the Internet. There should be some privacy, some mystique left. Even with me. All they talk about is the hair, the flowers. Actually, they don't know me at all."
