It was decades before they were knighted, but when I graduated from high school, Sir Paul and Sir Elton were singing "Band on the Run" and "Crocodile Rock." The motto for my Western High School class of 1974 was from the popular book, "Jonathan Livingston Seagull.""No bird soars as high as when it soars on its own wings," sticks with me, but the only other thing I remember about my graduation ceremony was my choice of shoes.In a sea of Columbia blue caps and gowns, I felt I stood out in my white patent leather platforms that added an impressive …