Sir Rod Stewart isn’t "even thinking" about retiring from live music.
The 73-year-old singer still has a passion for performing, and while he has admitted it can’t last forever he insisted he has no plans to follow the examples of Sir Elton John and Paul Simon by hanging up his microphone just yet.
Speaking to Billboard magazine, he said: "I don’t know what their reasons are. Maybe Paul Simon doesn’t enjoy it as much as I do. We have a concert in Budapest next week, and it can’t come around quick enough. I’m anxious.
"I love it. Elton, he’s doing 300 shows and he’ll still do the odd show here and there. All good things must end. Not for me, not yet. I’m not even thinking about it."
The ‘Handbags and Gladrags’ star released his 30th studio album ‘Blood Red Roses’ on Friday (28.09.18), and he admitted he has developed a good ear for which songs deserve to be on a record.
He added that he gets such a buzz from every part of the creative process, and he doesn’t understand why artists such as ‘Your Song’ hitmaker Elton don’t do more production work for their own music.
He said: "We shouldn’t have been at it this long if we didn’t know what we’re doing. That’s why I don’t understand why someone like Elton doesn’t produce his own albums.
"It’s just so much fun. You can follow all the way through from when the song is born to when it’s out on the radio and the label never get in the way. I don’t know why Elton doesn’t do it. I’ve got eight kids; he’s only got two. [laughing]."
Rod Stewart isn’t thinking about retirement
