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The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.

The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You want to be the first to come up with the idea. You don't want to wait until you trip and fall off the stage.

And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.

I will never retire unless I have to.

People do not retire. They are retired by others.

Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.

To retire is to die.