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There are people worse off than me. I've had a very long run. I'm fine really. I'm just old.

I'm approaching 70. Unfortunately, from the wrong direction.

I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news.

I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good 65, 70. Like I want to lie down.

I always wanted to live to about 70. I thought that'd be a good age.

I'm going to be 75 in May. How can I have lived this long and not know anything?

In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.

I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.

I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see myself at 90 in some nursing home, waving my walking stick about as I jive to Gene Vincent records.

Looking at 70 from 49, I don't see it slowing me down. Maybe I'll need a nap during the day! I'm thinking when I'm 85 I'll settle down a bit. But I'm going to fight, kicking and screaming, every step of the way.