Lifelong Work Quotes

I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.

First of all, you never retire. At least I don't retire.

The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.

I think I'll work all my life. When you're having fun, why stop having fun?

I would look at older blues musicians who just keep going into their seventies. They keep doing it until they drop dead. And I've always felt like that's what I want to do. I've felt that since the day I was able to start playing music for a living. I don't see the point of thinking about retiring because it's not work to begin with.

I have never planned anything. I have been doing this job for over 50 years. I have been paid to work with some wonderful people and it has been a huge gift, to me.

I hope I'm not sitting on a bench in a retirement home talking about what was: "Oh, I worked with this guy and that guy." I hope I'm still doing it for a really long time.

I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe.

I have a feeling I will work for a long, long time. I like it a lot... and I don't know. I just have a feeling that I'm going to be one of those people who go on for ever.

I will never retire.

I would like to keep working forever. As long as they will have me.

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.