I am perhaps the oldest musician in the world. I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life, and to say things to the world that are true.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Whenever people used to ask me what I wanted to be when I was older, I would always say that I wanted to be a singer. When I was 12, I decided I would do something about it, so I started writing songs.
Every time I see a musician - it doesn't matter what age - that inspires me, there's always a secret little wish that maybe we'll play together, because that's how I learn and grow and so forth, you know. But hopefully there's a lot more.
As I grow older, I just want to be a better musician, to play more.
When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance.
I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.
I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.
My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don't want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young.
When I was younger, I wanted to be older. Now I am older, I am not quite so sure.
I wanted to be a singer forever. But it's not really my cup of tea. Having the whole world know who you are.
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.