I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.
There are so many great singers out there.
I love singing fun songs; I've built a career on them.
I'm an entertainer, period. But I'd probably have to say my passion is in singing. I'm willing to go broke singing.
I have had the good fortune of being able to sing with many of the finest voices in the world, and for someone who loves voices as I do, this is an enormous privilege.
I feel there must be an enormous amount of really talented songwriters out there who can't sing.
As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.
There are so many great songs yet to sing.
I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.
Since I'm not good at anything else, I hope I can keep singing for a long time.