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Playing music is just one of the best things. I can't retire.

As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean, longevity is key, and I hope that it lasts, but you just don't know, because it's not in your hands, you don't make the decision.

Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.

The bottom line is, I tend to be going back to older and older music.

I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.

When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.

I'm just going to make the music I love to make, and I'm going to mature with my music.

I don't think the music that I do is nostalgic in any way; I don't think about going back to nice, old-fashioned music. I'm certainly influenced by old music, but I want to bring it slap-bang up to today.

I am optimistic about the future of music.