I heard a brief preview of an NPR program featuring singer Bonnie Raitt, in which the announcer mentioned that she is turning 60. Then it cut to a sound bite from Raitt herself.
In it, she said that one of the great things about this "mountain-top" experience is that there's a good chance you know yourself pretty well by this age -- so well, in fact, that what other people think of you shouldn't matter much anymore.
Amen.
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I saw three great concerts this week featuring folks over 60:
ReplyDelete- Ray Davies (65)
- Ronny Cox (71)
- Doo Wop Rocks (most of them 65 and older, I'd guess)
So there's hope for us all ... assuming I get that far.
People with music in their lives tend to live longer.
ReplyDelete(Well, maybe -- I'm basing this on the fact that my organist grandmother made it to 94, Eubie Blake to 96 and Artur Rubinstein to 95.)