I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time.
Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.
So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours.
I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home.
I've been touring now since about '68.
I'm dedicated to touring the rest of my life.
I've only been to one concert in my life.
I'm just not going to tour. One point I want to get across to everybody is that I'm still going to make records and I may still do some events. It's not the last time I'm onstage. It's been a part of my life for too long to quit everything. I have done it since the '80s, and I think it's time now to maybe see if I can live without that part.